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RESET.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
RESET.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Checks for the use of debuggers
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Terminates Processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
RESET.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename RESET.EXE was first seen on May 22 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on May 22 2007
- Europe on Mar 16 2009
- Spain on Mar 21 2009
- South Africa on May 23 2012
File Name Aliases
RESET.EXE can also use the following file names:
- CYBERMANIA.EXE
- GIMP.EXE
- CONNRESET.EXE
- NUKER.EXE
- SETUP.EXE
- RESET4E4.EXE
- COMREPL.EXE
- RWNH.DLL
- SPRESTRT.EXE
- VSSENGINE_PROXY.DLL
- LABEL.EXE
- RSVPPERF.DLL
- SFC.EXE
- 16765591.EXE
- 01335451.EXE
- 65262155.EXE
- 31442768.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 20,992 bytes
- 9,728 bytes
- 357,182 bytes
- 57,344 bytes
- 199,616 bytes
- 357,101 bytes
File Type
The filename RESET.EXE is used by multiple object types including objects,executable programs,objects,Dynamic Link LIbraries.
File Activity
One or more files with the name RESET.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\aut7.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\O
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\aut7.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\Ot
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\autC.tmp
- Creates c:\windows\esettrialreset.reg
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\autC.tmp
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