Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
SAFARI.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
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Communicates with other computers using FTP connections
- Reads your outlook address book
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new file extentions so that Internet Explorer will automatically open and potentially execute additional file types
- Adds products to the system registry
- Can make outbound communication to other computers, IM chat rooms and other services using IRC protocols
- Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols
- Deletes Links in the Start Menu
- This Process sends MIME Email
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Deletes an ActiveX component
SAFARI.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename SAFARI.EXE was first seen on Oct 26 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Oct 26 2007
- Germany on Mar 14 2008
- Europe on Mar 18 2008
- Netherlands on Dec 2 2009
- The United States on Nov 11 2011
- Australia on May 25 2012
File Name Aliases
SAFARI.EXE can also use the following file names:
- CHROME.EXE
- JAVA.EXE
- BE1.EXE
- 75F.EXE
- 7D7C.EXE
- 42A.EXE
- 3AD.EXE
- 20A5.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 3,442,840 bytes
- 2,388,848 bytes
- 281,088 bytes
- 3,447,080 bytes
- 286,208 bytes
- 361,804 bytes
- 17,408 bytes
File Type
The filename SAFARI.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
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