Prevx Research Division
"ABOUT[1].EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Malware Dropper
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
ABOUT[1].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Adds products to the system registry
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copies files
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Injects code into other processes
ABOUT[1].EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Executed as a Process
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
Country Of Origin
The filename ABOUT[1].EXE was first seen on Nov 12 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United Kingdom on Nov 12 2009
- Italy on Nov 12 2009
- Netherlands on Nov 30 2010
- The United States on Nov 30 2010
- Kuwait on Apr 15 2011
- Romania on May 21 2012
File Name Aliases
ABOUT[1].EXE can also use the following file names:
- INFO[1].EXE
- NULL0.4108857843606766.EXE
- CALC[1].EXE
- OYMFSWIXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.5959890396182531.EXE
- RXHKDMKXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.49602299747074774.EXE
- INMFCPTXSIK.EXE
- TEST.EXE
- MPDHNVRXSIK.EXE
- RISRXTTXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.9322154710146502.EXE
- PLGXECWXSIK.EXE
- README[1].EXE
- NULL0.8510477755049479.EXE
- NULL0.024386951690782643.EXE
- NULL0.9621920328168077.EXE
- NULL0.43329910172891606.EXE
- UNXJYDMXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.8269603283931177.EXE
- NULL0.6167458320523085.EXE
- TRBXVXWXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.210669586260382.EXE
- NULL0.15181671679178343.EXE
- NULL0.28782489108113596.EXE
- CONTACTS[1].EXE
- KQHVAKWXSIK.EXE
- NQYPKPHXSIK.EXE
- FADGFKTXSIK.EXE
- JBQEYCQXSIK.EXE
- NNLXOSBXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.8481392457956214.EXE
- QYCHUFGXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.20080303383414577.EXE
- UPWICRAXSIK.EXE
- XEKABAOXSIK.EXE
- TPLSTADXSIK.EXE
- NSQCFBYXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.632655032657278.EXE
- LXQVGJKXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.11497575059569998.EXE
- GBWQPRJXSIK.EXE
- CAOIWHDXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.3230700831109875.EXE
- TMP9.TMP
- FVU.EXE
- NULL0.5507475276762565.EXE
- MXL.EXE
- MNM.EXE
- NULL0.5100444445128607.EXE
- BFX.EXE
- RUG.EXE
- GGU.EXE
- CCX.EXE
- VPX.EXE
- SKE.EXE
- HJU.EXE
- NULL0.8499540611855045.EXE
- MSN.EXE
- YDL.EXE
- PND.EXE
- HOF.EXE
- VNG.EXE
- ALB.EXE
- WBI.EXE
- NULL0.036193180008213255.EXE
- NULL0.7558166482518114.EXE
- NULL0.447979972343456.EXE
- NULL0.7186540269692264.EXE
- FNY.EXE
- PIQ.EXE
- UOM.EXE
- KKQ.EXE
- NKV.EXE
- DIB.EXE
- LYJ.EXE
- EJM.EXE
- CDY.EXE
- FLO.EXE
- IGD.EXE
- UHA.EXE
- OMR.EXE
- ADA.EXE
- XJH.EXE
- NULL0.6719400048481955.EXE
- XQL.EXE
- CIU.EXE
- NULL0.4573578478090551.EXE
- DIP.EXE
- JAR_CACHE7095624178652841561.TMP
- NULL0.8665626031894571.EXE
- ANGJHLFXSIK.EXE
- AEIVXRKXSIK.EXE
- VMRVVJOXSIK.EXE
- XHHFDWRXSIK.EXE
- SEJINIYXSIK.EXE
- YJYEAIOXSIK.EXE
- FLLVSFOXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.43299076042171103.EXE
- NULL0.4765543746442873.EXE
- KRIIOEGXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.43442248082468615.EXE
- PTJPGCPXSIK.EXE
- YTLGHGWXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.2648483995093305.EXE
- BMYNBJDXSIK.EXE
- VQBDKFKXSIK.EXE
- HTETAXMXSIK.EXE
- MDSGTCHXSIK.EXE
- YMJMXYJXSIK.EXE
- SFTDOYQXSIK.EXE
- NULL0.7700215651453216.EXE
- THGACADARGLPJLX.EXE
- NFYKPHXXSIK.EXE
- ITBAMGQSLSQQG.EXE
- ADOBE_FLASH_PLAYER.EXE
- HH.EXE
- R66V.EXE
- 0.858277887216522.EXE
- 0.2505276787095321.EXE
- 0.9763999423803064.EXE
- 0.25636042450493035.EXE
- 0.8790223046453031.EXE
- 59131204.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 413,184 bytes
- 259,072 bytes
- 412,160 bytes
- 472,576 bytes
- 1,048,064 bytes
- 95,232 bytes
- 348,160 bytes
- 464,384 bytes
File Type
The filename ABOUT[1].EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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