File Investigation Report
IEEXPLORER32.EXECloaked Malware
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Fraudulent Security Program
File Behavior
IEEXPLORER32.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- 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
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Creation and Registration of a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
IEEXPLORER32.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
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename IEEXPLORER32.EXE was first seen on Sep 10 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- SPAIN on Sep 10 2008
- NETHERLANDS on Sep 10 2008
- GERMANY on Sep 24 2008
- The UNITED KINGDOM on Sep 24 2008
File Name Aliases
IEEXPLORER32.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 5FDB62B1-F17A-48EF-8B1C-4AC8847FB5B6_IEEXPLORER32.EXE
- 6568A2A4-91BD-4FDD-A45C-AE939430C82E_IEUPDATES.EXE
- ZS880000[1].EXE
- IEUPDATES.EXE
- 813B4075-4DE4-4FFC-8323-AF11A2573640_IEEXPLORER32.EXE
- 1B0E9010-E744-4776-B70D-1AF0025C050D_IEUPDATES.EXE
- 7B98B0AD-7B82-482D-BC9B-50E748184725_IEEXPLORER32.EXE
- BDC1BBA6-8D32-4366-9904-811403ABCD05_IEUPDATES.EXE
- 67850758.SVD
- 91867702.EXE
- 61724817.EXE
- 54094227.EXE
- 01921348._EX
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 114,688 bytes
- 109,568 bytes
- 128,000 bytes
- 106,496 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
These files have no vendor, product or version information specified in the file header.
File Type
The filename IEEXPLORER32.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name IEEXPLORER32.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\windows\system32\winsrc.dll
- Moves c:\windows\system32\winsrc.dll to c:\windows\system32\winsrc.dll
Registry Activity
One or more files with the name IEEXPLORER32.EXE creates or modifies the following registry keys and values:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ieupdate "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ieexplorer32.exe"
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder PIDsrc 2064
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder wmsrcpid 8800001531
Website Activity
One or more files with the name IEEXPLORER32.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Port 80 IP:89.18.189.44