Prevx Research Division
"QUERYEXPLORER.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
QUERYEXPLORER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copies files
- Creates new folders on the system
- Injects code into other processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
QUERYEXPLORER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename QUERYEXPLORER.EXE was first seen on Aug 18 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United Kingdom on Aug 18 2010
- The United States on Aug 18 2010
- France on Aug 18 2010
- South Africa on Aug 27 2010
- Pakistan on Sep 21 2010
- New Zealand on Oct 23 2010
- Australia on Aug 12 2011
File Name Aliases
QUERYEXPLORER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- QUERYEXPLORER111.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER115.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORE2.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER999.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER110.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER117.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER.DLL
- POFING.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER999.X.LLL.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER116.EXE
- DE2.EXE
- 9999999.X.LLL.EXE
- QUERYEXPLORER115.EXE-VIR
- QUERYEXPLORER.DLL YIPEFATA
- 61951311.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 57,624 bytes
- 61,720 bytes
File Type
The filename QUERYEXPLORER.EXE is used by multiple object types including objects,executable programs.
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