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ACTUALSPY.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Spyware
File Behavior
ACTUALSPY.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
ACTUALSPY.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename ACTUALSPY.EXE was first seen on Jun 2 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Thailand on Jun 2 2007
- Italy on Jun 2 2007
- Canada on Oct 10 2007
- Azerbaijan on Oct 10 2007
- Spain on Apr 7 2008
- The United Kingdom on Apr 7 2008
- The United States on Jun 10 2008
- India on Jul 30 2008
- Russian Federation on Feb 8 2009
- Europe on Feb 8 2009
File Name Aliases
ACTUALSPY.EXE can also use the following file names:
- ACTUALSPY[n].EXE
- ACTUALSPY2.EXE
- INFECTED/ACTUALSPY.EXE
- ACTUAL SPY 2.9.EXE
- ACTUAL SPY.EXE
- ACTUALSPY(1).EXE
- DF74.EXE
- 21340369.DAT
- 65935354.DAT
- 20070503.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,564,730 bytes
- 44,544 bytes
- 1,601,508 bytes
- 494,592 bytes
- 529,920 bytes
- 1,602,449 bytes
- 1,603,824 bytes
File Type
The filename ACTUALSPY.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name ACTUALSPY.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\is-v7g6f.tmp\is-JA26J.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\is-9urhg.tmp\_isetup\_RegDLL.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\is-9urhg.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll
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