Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
File Behavior
NHV.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Removes Scheduled Tasks from the Windows task queue
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- 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
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
NHV.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
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename NHV.EXE was first seen on Feb 20 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- India on Feb 20 2010
- The United States on Feb 25 2010
- The United Kingdom on Feb 25 2010
- Colombia on May 2 2010
File Name Aliases
NHV.EXE can also use the following file names:
- PTIHAA.EXE
- ULR.EXE
- ULX.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 162,816 bytes
- 173,056 bytes
- 227,840 bytes
- 87,040 bytes
File Type
The filename NHV.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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