Prevx Research Division
"YLKS.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Fraudulent Security Program
File Behavior
YLKS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Disables the Windows Built in Firewall enabling rogue processes to access the internet without your knowledge or permission
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Creates new folders on the system
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- 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
YLKS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename YLKS.EXE was first seen on Mar 7 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Mar 7 2010
- Poland on Mar 7 2010
File Name Aliases
YLKS.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MSASCUI.EXE
- UJKUBT.EXE
- OEKJTH.EXE
- AOICGD.EXE
- BKLYDT.EXE
- EQFOLG.EXE
- BMXU.EXE
- DWQULT.EXE
- ASDVND.EXE
- IUMI.EXE
- NBSDWG.EXE
- FOYT.EXE
- GGSN.EXE
- BUOK.EXE
- TPEVFW.EXE
- GALOVB.EXE
- EAQSSD.EXE
- BKOH.EXE
- OOENLD.EXE
- RXXIGG.EXE
- XXJHWK.EXE
- FXIF.EXE
- MTG.EXE
- AV.EXE
Filesizes
This file has been seen with the following file size:
- 157,696 bytes
File Type
The filename YLKS.EXE refers to an executable program.
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