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PH.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
PH.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Copies files
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Modifies fixed, removable or USB drives using autorun to execute or spread infection
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- Injects code into other processes
PH.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- 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
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename PH.EXE was first seen on Oct 29 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- France on Oct 29 2007
- Switzerland on Oct 29 2007
- Dominican Republic on Jun 23 2009
- Namibia on Jul 31 2009
- Turkey on Jan 7 2010
- The United Kingdom on Jan 7 2010
- Italy on Mar 18 2010
- Kazakhstan on May 6 2012
File Name Aliases
PH.EXE can also use the following file names:
- ERASEME_20076.EXE
- N_ENC[n].EXE
- ERASEME_63124.EXE
- ERASEME_38806.EXE
- ERASEME_00818.EXE
- ERASEME_37648.EXE
- ERASEME_61112.EXE
- ERASEME_61233.EXE
- ERASEME_08046.EXE
- ERASEME_85112.EXE
- ERASEME_43317.EXE
- ERASEME_13238.EXE
- ERASEME_33582.EXE
- ANETKJWT.PIF
- ERASEME_26731.EXE
- TEMPFILE15068.EXE
- TEMPFILE35651.EXE
- HERSS.EXE
- ERASEME_51652.EXE
- DOOM[n].EXE
- SVCHOST.EXE
- UYGH.EXE
- DPLJNR~1.EXE
- PH[1].EXE
- N4M3.EXE
- 58793843.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 26,112 bytes
- 5,976,064 bytes
- 293,846 bytes
- 604,035 bytes
- 1,914,776 bytes
- 122,918 bytes
- 294,372 bytes
File Type
The filename PH.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name PH.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\xma6.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\herss.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\cvasds0.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\cvasds0.dll
- Deletes c:\ph.ex
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\herss.exe to c:\ph.ex
- Deletes c:\autorun.in
- Creates c:\autorun.in
- Deletes d:\ph.ex
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\herss.exe to d:\ph.ex
- Deletes d:\autorun.in
- Creates d:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\am1.rar
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\am.ex
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\am1.rar
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\am.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\am.exe
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\am.exe to c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\herss.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\cvasds1.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\cvasds1.dll
Website Activity
One or more files with the name PH.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1115 Port:18
- Port 80 IP:218.59.144.139
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1127 Port:18
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