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24.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
24.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Adds a Registry Key (EXPLORER) to auto start Programs on system start Boot up
- Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Terminates Processes
- Modifies Windows Initialization And System Settings Used On Start up
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
24.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename 24.EXE was first seen on Jun 6 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Poland on Jun 6 2007
- Canada on Jun 6 2007
- Spain on Oct 19 2007
- Finland on Mar 17 2008
- Vietnam on Mar 17 2008
- China on May 27 2008
- The United States on Aug 29 2008
- Europe on Sep 13 2008
- Pakistan on Oct 15 2008
- Turkey on May 23 2012
File Name Aliases
24.EXE can also use the following file names:
- TMP53.TMP
- TMP67.TMP
- WIN68.TMP.EXE
- WIN1B.TMP.EXE
- DEHXAKLO.EXE
- LKUGLYT (nn).EXE
- QXFELK.EXE
- 24[2].EXE
- 25[1].EXE
- 24[1].EXE
- 06018631.DAT
- 14905408.TXT
- 98477529.TXT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 92,991 bytes
- 11,952 bytes
- 359,936 bytes
- 1,633,997 bytes
- 85,504 bytes
- 16,058 bytes
- 11,776 bytes
- 163,821 bytes
File Type
The filename 24.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name 24.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\~DFD93265.bat
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\jkhxaklo.dll
- Creates c:\windows\system32\jkhxaklo.dll
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\dehxaklo.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\~DFD105281.bat
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\verclsid.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\~DFD93~1.BAT
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\~DFD10~1.BA
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