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GENUINECHECK.EXE
VirusThe most common objects with the name of GENUINECHECK.EXE are considered safe.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Virus
File Behavior
GENUINECHECK.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This Process sends MIME Email
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Terminates Processes
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
GENUINECHECK.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename GENUINECHECK.EXE was first seen on Mar 21 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Mar 21 2008
- Netherlands on Mar 21 2008
- Ireland on Apr 11 2011
File Name Aliases
GENUINECHECK.EXE can also use the following file names:
- GENUINECHECK[1].EXE
- GENUINECHECK[n].EXE
- LDTXDCUV.EXE
- KMOJYQAB.EXE
- K5AEH6AY.EXE
- G858NOAA.EXE
- ECGV4SIE.EXE
- DXSNWI6J.EXE
- KH796D2Q.EXE
- LC0RFK9A.EXE
- MGAGL9F9.EXE
- QY2FEE0H.EXE
- Q8G1K9QQ.EXE
- GENUINECHECK(n).EXE
- MICROSOFT GENUINECHECK.EXE
- DF14.EXE
- 11382987.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 249,258 bytes
- 716,624 bytes
- 1,478,696 bytes
- 1,486,720 bytes
File Type
The filename GENUINECHECK.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name GENUINECHECK.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\windows genuine advantage\data\data.dat
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\Microsof
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\Crypt
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\crypto\RS
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\MachineKey
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\machinekeys\1288c49f5bc405894a34e3d9704a5a7d_00c1ea3a-eca6-4e0c-81e8-ae9c3e708f9e
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\machinekeys\6f1dbf7361f8f8886520496bad6f6285_00c1ea3a-eca6-4e0c-81e8-ae9c3e708f9e
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\machinekeys\cc4fefd5d6465160d78b3056ab59da26_00c1ea3a-eca6-4e0c-81e8-ae9c3e708f9e
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\machinekeys\4506278ca715906e2bbfaa302b6a13f9_00c1ea3a-eca6-4e0c-81e8-ae9c3e708f9e
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\c0da_appcompat.txt
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\1C677.dmp
Website Activity
One or more files with the name GENUINECHECK.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Remote server connection to go .microsoft .co
- Remote server connection to mpa .one .microsoft .co
- Port 80 IP:207.46.250.101
- Port 80 IP:207.46.19.254
- TCP:131.107.115.40:443 Port:23
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