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RKFREE.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Spyware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
RKFREE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Executes a Process
- Modifies Windows Initialization And System Settings Used On Start up
- Disables the Windows Built in Firewall enabling rogue processes to access the internet without your knowledge or permission
- Checks for the use of debuggers
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
RKFREE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- The process is hooked into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename RKFREE.EXE was first seen on Jun 25 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Jun 25 2007
- on Jun 25 2007
- Bulgaria on Nov 20 2007
- Brazil on May 30 2008
- Syrian Arab Republic on May 30 2008
- Turkey on May 22 2012
File Name Aliases
RKFREE.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SVCHOST.EXE
- TMP23.TMP
- RKFREE_KEYLOGER_-_ESSE_OS_ANTI_VIRUS_NĈO_DETECTA.EXE
- RKFREE .EXE
- AO VIVO.EXE
- X.EXE
- 11127887.EXE
- 09064779.EXE
- 62515478.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 51,200 bytes
- 65,024 bytes
- 143,872 bytes
- 34,304 bytes
File Type
The filename RKFREE.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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