Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
DLLREG.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Can make outbound communication to other computers, IM chat rooms and other services using IRC protocols
- Can Send email using SMTP protocols
- This Process sends MIME Email
- This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Disables the built in Windows File Protection System
- Modifies Windows Initialization And System Settings Used On Start up
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Reads your outlook address book
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Copies files
- Terminates Processes
- Injects code into other processes
- Watches or records what you are doing when using products like MSN and AOL instant messenger including host information
- This Process can access Web Mail Servers
- Hijacks your email account which could allow email to be sent in your name
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
DLLREG.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename DLLREG.EXE was first seen on Jun 26 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- on Jun 26 2007
- The United States on Jun 26 2007
- Slovenia on Mar 18 2008
- Uruguay on May 27 2008
- Spain on May 27 2008
- Brazil on Nov 15 2009
- Australia on Dec 6 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 6 2009
File Name Aliases
DLLREG.EXE can also use the following file names:
- LOAD32.EXE
- VXDMGR32.EXE
- PATCH3.EXE
- PATCH1.EXE
- RUNDLLW.EXE
- B.TMP
- 71460137.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 557,828 bytes
- 9,267 bytes
- 84,992 bytes
- 2,867,200 bytes
- 70,144 bytes
- 34,839 bytes
File Type
The filename DLLREG.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name DLLREG.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\windrv.exe
- Deletes c:\windows\winload.log
- Creates c:\windows\winload.log
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\2b0f_appcompat.txt
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\22F15.dmp
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Network Activity
One or more files with the name DLLREG.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup egold-hosting.com
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