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STRES.EXE
Malware DropperIt is possible that your PC could be infected. The file name STRES.EXE is used by both safe and unsafe programs.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
STRES.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
STRES.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename STRES.EXE was first seen on Nov 20 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Netherlands on Nov 20 2007
- Italy on Nov 20 2007
- Mexico on Oct 12 2008
- Hong Kong on Oct 29 2010
- Finland on Oct 29 2010
- Canada on Feb 8 2011
- Malaysia on Feb 8 2011
- Turkey on May 10 2012
File Name Aliases
STRES.EXE can also use the following file names:
- STRES.EXU
- cMfÉ(…›•ýeÄ‹Q
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 504,616 bytes
- 434,176 bytes
- 525,592 bytes
- 405,504 bytes
- 439,576 bytes
File Type
The filename STRES.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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