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EXCEL.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
EXCEL.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Disables the Default Windows Network Shares
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Injects code into other processes
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
EXCEL.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
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename EXCEL.EXE was first seen on Jul 14 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Brazil on Jul 14 2007
- Italy on Dec 27 2007
- Cyprus on Nov 13 2008
- Djibouti on Jan 26 2009
- Spain on Jan 26 2009
- Indonesia on Jun 25 2010
- The United Kingdom on Jun 25 2010
File Name Aliases
EXCEL.EXE can also use the following file names:
- FIREFOX.EXE
- MSNMSGR.EXE
- MSMSGS.EXE
- WEBCALLDIRECT.EXE
- MBAMGUI.EXE
- MPCLAUNCHER.EXE
- ACRORD32.EXE
- WLLOGINPROXY.EXE
- ADOBEUPDATER.EXE
- DWHWIZRD.EXE
- FLASHGET.EXE
- IZLE.TV.EXE
- LUALL.EXE
- LUCOMS~1.EXE
- MSDEV.EXE
- SDSHRED.EXE
- WINRAR.EXE
- WINWORD.EXE
- UPDATE.EXE
- XLK9.EXE
- POWERPNT.EXE
- RECOVERYTOOLBOXFORWORDINSTALL.EXE
- ADOBECOLLABSYNC.EXE
- M9MA.EXE
- NMINDEXSTORESVR.EXE
- OIS.EXE
- SHOWTIME.EXE
- UNINS000.EXE
- SPYBOTSD162.EXE
- CCSETUP217.EXE
- SPYBOTSD.EXE
- HPQPHUNL.EXE
- HPQPSXP.EXE
- HPQVPSWP.EXE
- HPQDIREC.EXE
- KAV7.0.0.119EN.EXE
- SOFTONICDOWNLOADER77194.EXE
- CNAB4SWK.EXE
- FINALDATA.EXE
- HPWUCLI.EXE
- HP_IZE.EXE
- WINWORD.DEV.HXS
- 0000069D
- 0000075F
- 000007D9
- E_L19261.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 18,068,954 bytes
- 9,239,489 bytes
- 402,105 bytes
- 5,600,016 bytes
- 7,252,394 bytes
- 18,142,992 bytes
- 53,617 bytes
File Type
The filename EXCEL.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,Dynamic Link LIbraries.
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