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DIALER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
DIALER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
- Sends email using SMTP protocols
- Terminates Processes
DIALER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- This program is often downloaded from the web
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
Country Of Origin
The filename DIALER.EXE was first seen on Jul 28 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Jul 28 2007
- Canada on Jul 28 2007
- on May 10 2008
- Spain on Feb 17 2009
- The United Kingdom on Feb 14 2010
File Name Aliases
DIALER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- UPDATE.EXE
- MBVXQDDM.EXE
- DIALER_001.EXE
- DIALER_002.EXE
- DIALERAAAA.EXE
- DASFMKFMSD.EXE
- DIALER[n].EXE
- SSDSDSDSR.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 756,517 bytes
- 599,619 bytes
- 736,768 bytes
- 1,257,472 bytes
- 51,864 bytes
- 25,130 bytes
- 196,664 bytes
- 3,697,664 bytes
- 718,814 bytes
File Type
The filename DIALER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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