Prevx Research Division
"ZAN15.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Adware
File Behavior
ZAN15.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Creates new folders in the file system
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
ZAN15.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename ZAN15.EXE was first seen on Sep 16 2009 in the following geographical region of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Sep 16 2009
File Name Aliases
ZAN15.EXE can also use the following file names:
- HOTBARUNINSTALLER.EXE
- ZAN3E.EXE
- ZAN674F.EXE
- ZANAB.EXE
- ZANB5CC.EXE
- ZAND5.EXE
- ZANFA26.EXE
- ZAN2865.EXE
- ZANA326.EXE
- ZAN9D.EXE
- ZANA4.EXE
- ZANBF.EXE
- ZANC.EXE
- ZAN110.EXE
- ZANEC.EXE
- ZAN38E.EXE
- ZAN6.EXE
- ZAN4A6F.EXE
- ZAN8B.EXE
- ZAN273.EXE
- ZAN7728.EXE
- ZAN9BC9.EXE
- ZAN134.EXE
- ZAN13B.EXE
- ZANFDD.EXE
- ZAN36.EXE
- ZANAECA.EXE
- ZAN92.EXE
- ZAN25.EXE
- ZANAB22.EXE
- ZAN411.EXE
- ZAN5701.EXE
- ZANB.EXE
- ZAN97.EXE
- ZAN9E.EXE
- ZAN40.EXE
- ZAN3EC.EXE
- ZAN3123.EXE
- ZANBFDB.EXE
- ZAN87.EXE
- ZAN14.EXE
- ZAN299.EXE
- ZAN108.EXE
- ZAN49D1.EXE
- ZAN3C.EXE
- ZAN88.EXE
- ZANA6BA.EXE
- ZAN169.EXE
- ZAN18C.EXE
- ZAN90C.EXE
- ZAN62.EXE
- ZAN71.EXE
- ZANC9E.EXE
- ZAN3E0B.EXE
- ZAN12B9.EXE
- ZAN1FD.EXE
- ZAN9B.EXE
- ZAN1E.EXE
- ZAN1D.EXE
- ZANF5F.EXE
- ZAN9.EXE
- ZAN9CC.EXE
- ZANB4.EXE
- ZAN42D.EXE
Filesizes
This file has been seen with the following file size:
- 314,496 bytes
File Type
The filename ZAN15.EXE refers to an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name ZAN15.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsl6.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsq8.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsgA.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsga.tmp\Install.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsga.tmp\System.dll
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\cryptneturlcache\metadata\60E31627FDA0A46932B0E5948949F2A5
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\cryptneturlcache\content\60E31627FDA0A46932B0E5948949F2A5
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\cryptneturlcache\metadata\A8FABA189DB7D25FBA7CAC806625FD30
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\cryptneturlcache\content\A8FABA189DB7D25FBA7CAC806625FD30
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsga.tmp\Resource.dll
- Creates c:\program files\HBCheckPermission.txt
- Deletes c:\program files\HBCheckPermission.txt
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ZAN15.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsga.tmp\Install.dll
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsga.tmp\Resource.dll
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsga.tmp\System.dll
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsw19.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsm1B.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1D.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\Install.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\System.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\Resource.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\Uninstall.ini
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\modern-header.bmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\FreePaid.ini
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\LegacyUninstallPage.ini
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsc1d.tmp\InstallOptions.dll
Website Activity
One or more files with the name ZAN15.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Port 80 IP:199.7.71.190
- Port 80 IP:199.7.52.190
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