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AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE was first seen on Jun 1 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Jun 1 2007
- Europe on Jun 1 2007
- China on Mar 20 2008
- Canada on Apr 8 2008
- The United Kingdom on May 28 2010
File Name Aliases
AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE can also use the following file names:
- AUTOSHUTDOWN[n].EXE
- AUTOSHUTDOWN_RO.EXE
- AUTOSHUTDOWN(n).EXE
- AUTOSH~1.EXE
- AUTOSHUTDOWN_RO[n].EXE
- AUTOSHUTDOAWN.EXE
- SETUP.EXE
- HEN GIO.EXE
- CRACK/AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE
- PC AUTO SHUTDOWN/CRACK/AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE
- NERE5747408.EXE
- SETUP AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE
- 22094005.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 73,728 bytes
- 36,864 bytes
- 42,496 bytes
- 860,328 bytes
- 1,389,568 bytes
File Type
The filename AUTOSHUTDOWN.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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