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ALIENSHOOTER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Worm
File Behavior
ALIENSHOOTER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Terminates Processes
- Adds products to the system registry
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
ALIENSHOOTER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename ALIENSHOOTER.EXE was first seen on Jun 2 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Italy on Jun 2 2007
- South Africa on Jun 2 2007
- Spain on Sep 14 2007
- Ukraine on Sep 14 2007
- Canada on Mar 15 2008
- The United Kingdom on Dec 17 2010
- Turkey on May 24 2012
File Name Aliases
ALIENSHOOTER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- THETREASURESOFMONTEZUMA.EXE
- WWFULL.EXE
- ROMANBOWL.EXE
- ELECTRA.EXE
- SUDOKUMAYA.EXE
- AVEYOND.EXE
- CHESS.EXE
- PHLINXTOGO.EXE
- POOL.EXE
- GNOMES.EXE
- RB TOURNAMENT.EXE
- AGE-OF-CASTLES.EXE
- WONDERLAND.EXE
- ALIENSHOOTER.EXE.BAK
- BUGATRONWORLDS.EXE
- GOLDMINERVEGAS.EXE
- ROBBOX.EXE
- PULSARIUS.EXE
- DRACULATWINS.EXE
- TRIJONG.EXE
- PHLINXTOGO.EXE.BAK
- AIRSTRIKE3D II - GULF.EXE
- XENO.EXE
- 5SPOTS2.EXE
- 63493394.EXE
- 39204334.EXE
- 16258843.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,758,600 bytes
- 741,376 bytes
- 1,393,992 bytes
- 688,157 bytes
- 819,200 bytes
- 249,856 bytes
File Type
The filename ALIENSHOOTER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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