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EMULESETUP.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Adware
File Behavior
EMULESETUP.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)
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into other processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
EMULESETUP.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
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed by Internet Explorer
Country Of Origin
The filename EMULESETUP.EXE was first seen on Nov 13 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Canada on Nov 13 2008
- Italy on Dec 5 2009
- Romania on Dec 5 2009
- South Africa on Dec 4 2010
- The United States on Feb 11 2012
File Name Aliases
EMULESETUP.EXE can also use the following file names:
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 2.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 3.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 4.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 5.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 6.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 7.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 8.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 9.EXE
- HOW I MET UR MOTHER 10.EXE
- CHUCK 1.EXE
- CHUCK 2.EXE
- CHUCK 3.EXE
- CHUCK 4.EXE
- CHUCK 5.EXE
- CHUCK 6.EXE
- CHUCK 7.EXE
- CHUCK 8.EXE
- CHUCK 9.EXE
- CHUCK 10.EXE
- EMULESETUP[n].EXE
- QNISNBHR.EXE
- RQ5PJ01I.EXE
- EMULE-62.0.7.0-SETUP.EXE
- EMULESETUP[1].EXE
- EMULE.EXE
- EMULESETUP(1).EXE
- 90210 8.EXE
- DC1.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 277,680 bytes
- 328,984 bytes
- 209,176 bytes
- 320,264 bytes
File Type
The filename EMULESETUP.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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