MDM.EXE

File Behavior

MDM.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Disables the Built in Windows System Restore Feature
• Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
• Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Executes a Process
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
• Injects code into other processes
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Downloads program file(s) and other content from the web
• Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
• Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
• Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
• Copies files
• Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols

MDM.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Created as a process on disk
• Executed as a Process
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
• Terminated as a Process
• Executed from Temporary Folders
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
• Enabled as a COM Object/Server on the Local Machine
• Created as a new Background Service on the machine