Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
File Behavior
EBAYSHORTCUTS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Opens browser pop ups
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Disables safe mode on your PC
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Adds products to the system registry
- Terminates Processes
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
EBAYSHORTCUTS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename EBAYSHORTCUTS.EXE was first seen on Dec 10 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Dec 10 2007
- Canada on Dec 10 2007
- Hong Kong on Sep 14 2008
- Uruguay on Oct 1 2008
- The United Kingdom on May 13 2010
- Saudi Arabia on May 13 2010
- Vietnam on Mar 29 2012
File Name Aliases
EBAYSHORTCUTS.EXE can also use the following file names:
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 146,432 bytes
- 47,104 bytes
- 117,248 bytes
- 166,912 bytes
- 88,576 bytes
- 95,744 bytes
File Type
The filename EBAYSHORTCUTS.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name EBAYSHORTCUTS.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\00000638000006e8.ur
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\00000638000006e8.ur
Website Activity
One or more files with the name EBAYSHORTCUTS.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Port 25 IP:127.0.0.1
- Port 80 IP:89.202.135.151
- Port 80 IP:66.135.202.211
- Port 80 IP:66.135.214.176
- Port 80 IP:84.53.137.26
- Port 80 IP:84.53.137.10
- Port 80 IP:66.135.218.117
- Port 80 IP:84.53.137.25
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