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"SETUP_312S1[1].EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
SETUP_312S1[1].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Injects code into other processes
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Installs a browser helper object (BHO)
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
SETUP_312S1[1].EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executed by Internet Explorer
Country Of Origin
The filename SETUP_312S1[1].EXE was first seen on Jan 9 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Jan 9 2010
- Belgium on Apr 19 2010
- New Zealand on Apr 20 2010
File Name Aliases
SETUP_312S1[1].EXE can also use the following file names:
- SETUP_453.EXE
- SETUP_257.EXE
- SETUP_436.EXE
- SETUP_254[1].EXE
- SETUP_257[1].EXE
- SETUP_364S1[1].EXE
- SETUP_95[1].EXE
- SETUP_40S1[1].EXE
- SETUP_40S4[1].EXE
- SETUP_70[1].EXE
- SETUP_71.EXE
- SETUP_90S2.EXE
- SETUP_294[1].EXE
- SETUP_312S2[1].EXE
- 45737283.EXE
- 22623564.EXE
- 67606703.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 209,920 bytes
- 205,312 bytes
- 76,043 bytes
- 210,432 bytes
- 13,290 bytes
- 207,360 bytes
- 174,940 bytes
File Type
The filename SETUP_312S1[1].EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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