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CONTROLCENTER.EXE
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File Behavior
CONTROLCENTER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds products to the system registry
- Deletes Links in the Start Menu
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders in the file system
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
CONTROLCENTER.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
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename CONTROLCENTER.EXE was first seen on Mar 19 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Mar 19 2008
- Spain on Nov 9 2008
- Vietnam on Nov 9 2008
- The United States on Feb 1 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 25 2010
- China on May 16 2012
- Turkey on May 16 2012
File Name Aliases
CONTROLCENTER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MAINT/CONTROLCENTER.EXE
- AUDITIONAGENT EXITMATED/CONTROLCENTER.EXE
- HACK.1VN.BIZ-HACKPERAU/CONTROLCENTER.EXE
- PHONGCACHTRE.NET-HACKPERAU/CONTROLCENTER.EXE
- CONTROLCENTER2.EXE
- HACKPER6061/CONTROLCENTER.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 726,320 bytes
- 1,228,800 bytes
- 1,631,472 bytes
- 12,658,568 bytes
- 137,780 bytes
- 6,606,969 bytes
File Type
The filename CONTROLCENTER.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name CONTROLCENTER.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- create folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\InetCntrl\Data
- create folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\InetCntrl
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