LAM.EXE, Prevx

Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:

System Back Door

File Behavior

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

Adds products to the system registry
The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
Executes a Process

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

Executed as a Process
Deleted as a process from disk
Created as a process on disk
Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Terminated as a Process
Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
Copied to multiple locations on the system
Executed from Temporary Folders

Country Of Origin

The filename LAM.EXE was first seen on Jul 4 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

Russian Federation on Jul 4 2007
India on Mar 28 2008
Spain on Mar 28 2008
The United Kingdom on Nov 9 2009
Finland on Dec 1 2011
South Africa on Dec 1 2011

File Name Aliases

LAM.EXE can also use the following file names:

FIXWEB.EXE
73329875.SVD
15347353.SVD

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

180,224 bytes
77,975 bytes
232,960 bytes
49,152 bytes

File Type

The filename LAM.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.

Network Activity

One or more files with the name LAM.EXE performs the following network events:

DNS Lookup iams.wearabz.net
DNS Lookup66.252.13.215 iams.wearabz.net

Website Activity

One or more files with the name LAM.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.

TCP:255.255.255.255:3443 Port:13
TCP:66.252.13.215:3443 Port:13
TCP:192.168.39.42:445 Port:14
TCP:192.168.192.130:445 Port:14
TCP:192.168.245.72:445 Port:14
TCP:192.168.142.160:445 Port:15
TCP:192.168.243.49:445 Port:15
TCP:192.168.89.194:445 Port:15
TCP:192.168.190.83:445 Port:15
TCP:192.168.38.225:445 Port:15
TCP:192.168.140.114:445 Port:15
TCP:192.168.37.202:445 Port:16
TCP:192.168.138.90:445 Port:16
TCP:192.168.240.235:445 Port:16
TCP:192.168.88.121:445 Port:16
TCP:192.168.189.9:445 Port:16
TCP:192.168.35.155:445 Port:16
TCP:192.168.136.44:445 Port:17
TCP:192.168.240.185:445 Port:17
TCP:192.168.85.74:445 Port:17
TCP:192.168.187.219:445 Port:17
TCP:192.168.32.108:445 Port:17
TCP:192.168.136.249:445 Port:17
TCP:192.168.238.138:445 Port:18
TCP:192.168.83.28:445 Port:18
TCP:192.168.184.172:445 Port:18
TCP:192.168.82.4:445 Port:18
TCP:192.168.183.149:445 Port:18
TCP:192.168.31.35:445 Port:18
TCP:192.168.185.122:445 Port:18
TCP:192.168.30.12:445 Port:19
TCP:192.168.131.156:445 Port:19
TCP:192.168.233.45:445 Port:19
TCP:192.168.81.187:445 Port:19
TCP:192.168.182.75:445 Port:19
TCP:192.168.28.221:445 Port:19
TCP:192.168.80.164:445 Port:20
TCP:192.168.181.52:445 Port:20
TCP:192.168.26.198:445 Port:20
TCP:192.168.127.86:445 Port:20
TCP:192.168.232.227:445 Port:20
TCP:192.168.77.117:445 Port:20
TCP:192.168.178.6:445 Port:21
TCP:192.168.24.151:445 Port:21
TCP:192.168.128.36:445 Port:21
TCP:192.168.229.181:445 Port:21
TCP:192.168.75.70:445 Port:21
TCP:192.168.176.215:445 Port:21
TCP:192.168.24.101:445 Port:22
TCP:192.168.126.246:445 Port:22

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