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INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX.EXE
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File Behavior
INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Enables a COM Object/Server on the Local Machine
- Adds products to the system registry
- Copies files
- Creates new folders in the file system
INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed by Internet Explorer
Country Of Origin
The filename INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX.EXE was first seen on Jan 8 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Ukraine on Jan 8 2009
- Thailand on Feb 19 2009
- The United States on Jul 30 2009
- Poland on Jul 30 2009
- The United Kingdom on Jan 17 2011
- Germany on Sep 24 2011
- Turkey on May 25 2013
File Name Aliases
INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX.EXE can also use the following file name:
- SETUP.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X.EXE
- INSTALL FLASH PLAYER 10 ACTIVEX.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER-10.0.32.18_AX.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10.0.32.18-ACTIVE-X.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX_10.0.32.18.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X[n].EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X(n).EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX[n].EXE
- FLASH PLAYER FOR IE.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_0_32_18_ACTIVE_X.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX(n).EXE
- FLASH PLAYER 10.0.32.18 ACTIVE X.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X FUER_IE.EXE
- FLASH_PLAYER_10_0_32_18.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X_3.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10.0.32.18 (IE).EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X_2.EXE
- FLASHPLAYER10R3218_WINAX.ECE.EXE
- فلاش.EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X(10.0.32.18-IE).EXE
- INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_10_ACTIVE_X_FOR IE.EXE
- FLASH_SETUP.EXE
- DD2.EXE
- DD1.EXE
- 54075009.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 78,336 bytes
- 1,928,272 bytes
- 1,962,544 bytes
- 15,734,200 bytes
- 3,127,456 bytes
- 2,530,458 bytes
- 1,956,432 bytes
- 3,470,388 bytes
File Type
The filename INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER_AX.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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