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AQ ELITE.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Information Stealer
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
AQ ELITE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Checks for the use of debuggers
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
AQ ELITE.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
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
Country Of Origin
The filename AQ ELITE.EXE was first seen on Dec 7 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Dec 7 2007
- Egypt on Sep 26 2009
- Sweden on Mar 6 2010
- Denmark on Sep 4 2010
- The United Kingdom on Sep 4 2010
- Philippines on Jan 19 2012
File Name Aliases
AQ ELITE.EXE can also use the following file names:
- AQ ELITE 2.4.EXE
- 06546155.EXE
- 53176798.EXE
- 51031442.EXE
- 70783582.EXE
- 25780665.DAT
- 70340663.EXE
- 68634326.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 17,408 bytes
- 407,040 bytes
- 455,168 bytes
- 706,653 bytes
- 294,400 bytes
File Type
The filename AQ ELITE.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name AQ ELITE.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\19A18.dmp
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