Prevx Research Division
"ALLIGATOR.K52"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
ALLIGATOR.K52 has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
ALLIGATOR.K52 has been the subject of the following behavior:
Country Of Origin
The filename ALLIGATOR.K52 was first seen on Aug 30 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Argentina on Aug 30 2010
- Botswana on Aug 30 2010
- South Africa on Jan 3 2011
- The United Kingdom on Jan 3 2011
File Name Aliases
ALLIGATOR.K52 can also use the following file names:
- 76591087.EX
- 01936658.K52
- 21589852.K52
- 11524989.K52
- 18653827.DAT
- 17148215.K52
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 2,011,136 bytes
- 1,710,592 bytes
File Type
The filename ALLIGATOR.K52 refers to many versions of an executable program.
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