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DRIVE13.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
DRIVE13.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Injects code into other processes
DRIVE13.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created as a process on disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Registry Key (DXCOM) to auto start Programs on system start up
Country Of Origin
The filename DRIVE13.EXE was first seen on Dec 13 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Dec 13 2008
- Russian Federation on Dec 13 2008
- Hungary on Mar 24 2009
- Malaysia on Nov 20 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 20 2009
- South Africa on Dec 12 2011
File Name Aliases
DRIVE13.EXE can also use the following file names:
- BVCHOST[n].EXE
- LAMO.EXE
- BVYTJRCFDHOST.EXE
- BVCHKOST.EXE
- LAMERS.EXE
- LAMGERS.EXE
- LAMERS[n].EXE
- ERASEME_67085.EXE
- ERASEME_78830.EXE
- ERASEME_12807.EXE
- ERASEME_47260.EXE
- ERASEME_27143.EXE
- ERASEME_61224.EXE
- ERASEME_84785.EXE
- ERASEME_86742.EXE
- ERASEME_65212.EXE
- ERASEME_83657.EXE
- ERASEME_36487.EXE
- ERASEME_48182.EXE
- ERASEME_61327.EXE
- ERASEME_85770.EXE
- LAMJERS.EXE
- LAMERS[1].EXE
- BVCHOST.EXE
- 79026554.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 188,416 bytes
- 116,736 bytes
- 118,784 bytes
- 77,824 bytes
- 53,248 bytes
File Type
The filename DRIVE13.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name DRIVE13.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\restore\s-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013\Desktop.ini
- Deletes c:\restore\s-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013\Drive13.exe
Network Activity
One or more files with the name DRIVE13.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup dchat.instalprivileges.com
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