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NERO.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
NERO.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Reads your outlook address book
- Executes a Process
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
- Can communicate with other computers using TCP protocols
NERO.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename NERO.EXE was first seen on May 31 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Germany on May 31 2007
- South Africa on May 31 2007
- Italy on Jun 8 2007
- on Jun 8 2007
- Turkey on Mar 26 2008
- Spain on Jan 13 2009
- Israel on Jan 13 2009
- Algeria on Jan 5 2010
File Name Aliases
NERO.EXE can also use the following file names:
- NERO 9.EXE
- NERO BURNING ROM.EXE
- ALLNERO.EXE
- NERO PRODUCTINSTALLER 4.EXE
- UNIT_APP_6.EXE
- UNIT_APP_4.EXE
- X86_POLICY.8.0.MICROSOFT.VC80.CRT_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_X-WW_77C24773.EXE
- X86_MICROSOFT.VC80.MFCLOC_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_8.0.50727.762_X-WW_91481303.EXE
- X86_POLICY.8.0.MICROSOFT.VC80.MFCLOC_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_X-WW_CAEEE150.EXE
- X86_POLICY.8.0.MICROSOFT.VC80.ATL_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_X-WW_5F0BBCFF.EXE
- X86_POLICY.8.0.MICROSOFT.VC80.OPENMP_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_X-WW_7D81C9F9.EXE
- X86_MICROSOFT.VC80.MFC_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_8.0.50727.762_X-WW_3BF8FA05.EXE
- X86_MICROSOFT.VC80.OPENMP_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_8.0.50727.762_X-WW_6C18549A.EXE
- X86_POLICY.8.0.MICROSOFT.VC80.MFC_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_X-WW_0F75C32E.EXE
- X86_MICROSOFT.VC80.ATL_1FC8B3B9A1E18E3B_8.0.50727.762_X-WW_CBB27474.EXE
- NOUVEAU PORTE-DOCUMENTS.EXE
- NOUVEAU DOSSIER.EXE
- NOUVEAU DOSSIER (1).EXE
- PVDES2EMECYCLE FEVRIE2010.EXE
- PV 1EME CYCLE 2010.EXE
- KEYGEN 4.EXE
- NERO.BURNING.ROM.7.EXE
- NERO7KEYGEN1.EXE
- NERO.7.X.X.X.SND.KEYGEN.EXE
- NERO 7 - ULITMATE KEYGEN - MAST3R.EXE
- NERO 7 KEYGEN.EXE
- NERO 7.X.X.X KEYGEN.EXE
- NERO7X_SND_KG.EXE
- KEYGEN.EXE
- SVCHOST.EXE
- COMMON FILES.EXE
- GHOST.BAT
- WINDOWS.EXE
- NERO7KEYGEN.EXE
- NERO.EXE.MWT
- DE827.EXE
- 7F84E.COM
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 15,437,892 bytes
- 235,520 bytes
- 94,208 bytes
- 207,969 bytes
- 356,352 bytes
- 17,408 bytes
- 1,773,568 bytes
File Type
The filename NERO.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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