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318.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
318.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Copies files
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
318.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename 318.EXE was first seen on Sep 16 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Sep 16 2008
- Netherlands on Oct 26 2008
- Spain on Oct 26 2008
- Italy on Dec 26 2009
- Pakistan on Jan 3 2010
- The United Kingdom on Jan 3 2010
- Indonesia on May 23 2012
File Name Aliases
318.EXE can also use the following file names:
- M0CSMHXHSH.EXE
- UPDATE32.EXE
- 361.EXE
- 909.EXE
- M0CSMHXHSH.EXE.TRTMP
- 5I1D3D4A1D7.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 87,552 bytes
- 135,168 bytes
- 172,032 bytes
- 23,504 bytes
- 31,232 bytes
- 402,142 bytes
- 56,320 bytes
File Type
The filename 318.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name 318.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\update32.exe
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\dlds8.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\1.df1
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\dlds1.exe
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\1.df1 to c:\windows\system32\dlds1.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\2.df1
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\dlds2.exe
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\2.df1 to c:\windows\system32\dlds2.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\5.df1
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\dlds5.exe
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\5.df1 to c:\windows\system32\dlds5.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\6.df1
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\dlds6.exe
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\6.df1 to c:\windows\system32\dlds6.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\7.df1
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\dlds7.exe
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\7.df1 to c:\windows\system32\dlds7.exe
Website Activity
One or more files with the name 318.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- v2statscount .net / cc / ccdo .php?affid=106
- v2statscount .net / cc / uudo .php?affid=106&code1=HNN0&code2=1105&code3=91D78E218F063!HA
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1084 Port:19
- Port 80 IP:77.91.229.55
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