Prevx Research Division
MIC.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Cloaked Malware
- Internet Chat Worm
File Behavior
MIC.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Adds products to the system registry
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copies files
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
MIC.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename MIC.EXE was first seen on Nov 26 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Nov 26 2007
- Saudi Arabia on Nov 26 2007
- Uruguay on Feb 7 2008
- Brazil on Feb 7 2008
- Taiwan on Apr 26 2010
- The United States on Apr 28 2010
- South Africa on Feb 26 2012
File Name Aliases
MIC.EXE can also use the following file names:
- RA6Z6CDKB.EXE
- OPQPAYVUI.EXE
- MIC_001.EXE
- MIC_002.EXE
- MIC_003.EXE
- MIC_004.EXE
- MIC_005.EXE
- MIC_006.EXE
- MIC_007.EXE
- DCR8OUBRQ.EXE
- LRZNEX2W.EXE
- CKOLT5FK.EXE
- IMKS3EJK.EXE
- NQ3RFK4DV.EXE
- DW2BU8UA.EXE
- I0GPYMYO.EXE
- E71BI66XX.EXE
- VDDW2AU7.EXE
- O21BSMS4J.EXE
- RU5DDUP9I.EXE
- FLLKO48DY.EXE
- ZHH06EYB.EXE
- SECRET.EXE
- MIC (1).EXE
- COOPER.MINE
- 504340052604675.EXE
- 284517,705440521.EXE
- 282628,357410431.EXE
- 402435,421943665.EXE
- 444311,082363129.EXE
- 91391956.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 754,245 bytes
- 141,824 bytes
- 113,533 bytes
- 126,976 bytes
- 110,592 bytes
- 317,440 bytes
- 51,252 bytes
File Type
The filename MIC.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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