Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
STL.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)
- Adds products to the system registry
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Injects code into other processes
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Removes Scheduled Tasks from the Windows task queue
- Copies files
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
STL.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename STL.EXE was first seen on Oct 16 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- South Africa on Oct 16 2007
- The United Kingdom on Mar 16 2010
- Guadeloupe on Mar 19 2010
- Spain on Mar 20 2010
- Turkey on Feb 1 2012
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 124,928 bytes
- 166,912 bytes
- 147,968 bytes
- 311,347 bytes
- 26,324 bytes
- 3,409,408 bytes
- 159,232 bytes
File Type
The filename STL.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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