Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
TAZEBAMA.DL_ has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds products to the system registry
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Terminates Processes
- Disables safe mode on your PC
- Injects code into other processes
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Copies files
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Opens browser pop ups
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Modifies fixed, removable or USB drives using autorun to execute or spread infection
- Uses backdoor interfaces to certain security applications
- Creates new folders on the system
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Reads your outlook address book
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Modifies TCP/IP settings
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
TAZEBAMA.DL_ has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Created as a process on disk
Country Of Origin
The filename TAZEBAMA.DL_ was first seen on Dec 17 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Saudi Arabia on Dec 17 2007
- Oman on Dec 17 2007
- Europe on May 17 2008
- South Africa on Jun 5 2008
- on Jun 5 2008
- Spain on Jul 19 2009
- The United Kingdom on May 21 2010
File Name Aliases
TAZEBAMA.DL_ can also use the following file names:
- HOOK.DL_
- 34665401.DAT
- 12270226.DAT
- 49006394.DL_
- 93043068.DL_
- 78019672.DL_
- 80754928.DL_
- 81359931.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 249,983 bytes
- 154,751 bytes
- 160,895 bytes
File Type
The filename TAZEBAMA.DL_ refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name TAZEBAMA.DL_ creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes d:\autorun.inf
- Moves d:\1.taz to d:\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\autorun.inf
- Moves c:\1.taz to c:\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\zPharaoh.exe
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