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SERIALSWORLD.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
SERIALSWORLD.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- This Process sends MIME Email
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
SERIALSWORLD.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Terminated as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename SERIALSWORLD.EXE was first seen on Apr 2 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Apr 2 2008
- Germany on May 15 2008
- Oman on May 15 2008
- Kuwait on Apr 5 2009
- Austria on Nov 9 2009
- Turkey on Nov 9 2009
- Saudi Arabia on Apr 14 2012
File Name Aliases
SERIALSWORLD.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SERIALS WORLD/SERIALSWORLD.EXE
- SERIALSWORLD (1).EXE
- FILE2.EXE
- V.EXE
- 72340879.EXE
- 17276941.EXE
- 28237755.EXE
- 07162312.EXE
- 71859836.DAT
- 85458885.EXE
- 99536856.EXE
- 19733821.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,179,648 bytes
- 1,124,864 bytes
- 1,639,424 bytes
- 1,075,712 bytes
- 1,076,224 bytes
- 1,102,848 bytes
File Type
The filename SERIALSWORLD.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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