Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Malware Dropper
- Malicious Software
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
CRACK.45155.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Uses low level raw disk access which could bypass security applications and checks
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- 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
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Injects code into other processes
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
CRACK.45155.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename CRACK.45155.EXE was first seen on Jul 27 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Netherlands on Jul 27 2009
- Spain on Jul 27 2009
- Europe on Sep 22 2009
- The United States on Mar 21 2010
- India on Mar 22 2010
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 168,960 bytes
- 93,696 bytes
- 99,840 bytes
- 86,016 bytes
- 78,336 bytes
File Type
The filename CRACK.45155.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name CRACK.45155.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\a.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\b.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\c.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\a..ba
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\documents\Thumbs.db
- Creates c:\windows\tasks\{BB65B0FB-5712-401b-B616-E69AC55E2757}.job
- Creates c:\windows\tasks\{7B02EF0B-A410-4938-8480-9BA26420A627}.job
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\c.exe to c:\windows\msa.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\A0F01~1.BAT
Website Activity
One or more files with the name CRACK.45155.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- pictswizard .c
- Remote server connection to theartshome .co
- Remote server connection to designartsinc .co
- Remote server connection to yourartscouncil .co
- Port 80 IP:64.27.5.204
- Port 80 IP:64.191.64.102
- Port 80 IP:69.10.35.253
- Port 80 IP:200.35.151.35
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