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HOTBARUNINSTALLER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Adware
File Behavior
HOTBARUNINSTALLER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- 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
- Creates new folders on the system
- Copies files
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Modifies firewall settings, without user permission so it is not blocked from accessing the Internet
- Disables safe mode on your PC
- Injects code into other processes
HOTBARUNINSTALLER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename HOTBARUNINSTALLER.EXE was first seen on Aug 6 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Austria on Aug 6 2007
- France on Feb 27 2010
- The United Kingdom on Feb 27 2010
- Canada on Mar 5 2010
- The United States on Mar 5 2010
- Saudi Arabia on Jan 24 2011
File Name Aliases
HOTBARUNINSTALLER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- ZANA0.EXE
- ZAN4.EXE
- ZAN2A.EXE
- ZAN19.EXE
- ZAN84CE.EXE
- ZAN98.EXE
- ZAN3F.EXE
- ZAN439.EXE
- ZAN31.EXE
- ZANFBB.EXE
- ZAN81.EXE
- ZAN13A4.EXE
- ZAN215.EXE
- ZAN12E.EXE
- ZAN5ED6.EXE
- ZAN3C76.EXE
- ZAN79B4.EXE
- ZANC0.EXE
- ZANF7.EXE
- ZAN4F.EXE
- ZAN56.EXE
- ZANE08.EXE
- ZAN321C.EXE
- ZANC5D7.EXE
- ZAN1F6.EXE
- ZANE.EXE
- ZANE6.EXE
- ZAN11B6.EXE
- ZAN6.EXE
- ZAN5A.EXE
- ZAN64.EXE
- ZANA3.EXE
- ZAN24E.EXE
- ZAN24E.EX
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 309,800 bytes
- 471,551 bytes
- 309,528 bytes
- 388,224 bytes
- 314,624 bytes
File Type
The filename HOTBARUNINSTALLER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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