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FLASH-PLAYER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Information Stealer
- Cloaked Malware
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
FLASH-PLAYER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Opens browser pop ups
FLASH-PLAYER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Executed as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename FLASH-PLAYER.EXE was first seen on Jul 21 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Pakistan on Jul 21 2008
- Italy on Jul 27 2008
- Ukraine on Jun 2 2011
- Lithuania on Jul 19 2011
- Turkey on Apr 28 2012
File Name Aliases
FLASH-PLAYER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SVCHOST.EXE
- SERVICES32.EXE
- MYRAR.EXE
- опиклиы.DOC.EXE
- FLASH-PLAYER (1).EXE
- FLASH-PLAYER(1).EXE
- SEARCH=CLIENT_3.EXE
- SEARCH=CLIENT_3.EXE.TXT
- SEARCH=LOADER2.EXE.TXT
- SEARCH=LOADER2.EXE
- SEARCH=SAFE_.EXE.TXT
- SEARCH=SAFE_.EXE.EXE
- ACTIVEX[1].EXE
- ALL-IN-ONE-CODECS[1].EXE
- FLASH-PLAYER[1].EXE
- WG5B76KM.EXE
- ALL-IN-ONE-CODECS.EXE
- BKL9CSTL.EXE.PART
- W23_RD4B.EXE.PART
- 30019215.EXE
- 78186698.CRD
- 84427153.EXE
- 50136566.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,236,992 bytes
- 153,258 bytes
- 1,168,896 bytes
- 46,605 bytes
- 1,147,392 bytes
- 349,220 bytes
File Type
The filename FLASH-PLAYER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name FLASH-PLAYER.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\system32\sofie.dll
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\0000029c000004d0.ur
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\0000029c000004d0.ur
Website Activity
One or more files with the name FLASH-PLAYER.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1087 Port:26
- Port 80 IP:91.203.92.53
- Port 80 IP:72.14.207.99
- Port 80 IP:64.233.183.99
- Port 80 IP:66.249.91.99
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