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"_EX-68.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
_EX-68.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Adds products to the system registry
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Creates new folders on the system
- Injects code into other processes
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
_EX-68.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename _EX-68.EXE was first seen on Jul 21 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Jul 21 2009
- The United States on Sep 23 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 22 2009
- Australia on Jul 14 2010
- Mauritius on Feb 13 2012
File Name Aliases
_EX-68.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 11648994.EXE
- 40671883.BIN
- 72985334.EXE
- 44848301.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,209,407 bytes
- 883,728 bytes
- 1,096,224 bytes
- 891,904 bytes
- 1,057,280 bytes
- 1,209,919 bytes
- 1,050,663 bytes
- 495,104 bytes
File Type
The filename _EX-68.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name _EX-68.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\11147964\11147964.exe
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\azaC0BB.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\azaC0BB.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\00126484.cmd
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\11147964\pc11147964in
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\00126484.cm
Website Activity
One or more files with the name _EX-68.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Remote server connection to starktyscan .co
- Port 80 IP:83.233.165.27
- Port 80 IP:74.125.127.100
- Port 80 IP:209.85.229.106
- Port 80 IP:209.85.227.104
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