Prevx Research Division
POWER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
POWER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Injects code into other processes
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
POWER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- 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
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename POWER.EXE was first seen on Nov 10 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Nov 10 2007
- Japan on May 27 2008
- Poland on Jan 5 2009
- Jordan on Jun 3 2009
- South Africa on Jul 1 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 18 2010
- Turkey on May 17 2012
File Name Aliases
POWER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- UPDATE.EXE
- T3D2M4K5D8J9.EXE
- W3P9A5D4E3E6.EXE
- C1Q3Y6W1Y9R3.EXE
- U6Q8V7U2L9Z2.EXE
- U2B8G9K6Y6K9.EXE
- Y1E2H5L1L5Y9.EXE
- Y2C4V2C5G6P6.EXE
- O1Z7H8G5T2G4.EXE
- Y9L9K6U9I9D6.EXE
- G2R1O3Q1W3A7.EXE
- E3L6S3O5A4U2.EXE
- U8D9U2R2C1L7.EXE
- F1S3W6T4P3I8.EXE
- X6U1H7Y8M9V4.EXE
- F6P7S1G4M3T1.EXE
- C8H7M2D4T7N8.EXE
- B7A9N1Y1S8U8.EXE
- H5I8R6J2Y5V8.EXE
- R2F1H9B5Y4G6.EXE
- X8J9A9B3Y4N7.EXE
- E2P3P5L9T3A6.EXE
- X6B1O5X8F3T9.EXE
- B5V6Y5X6K8W5.EXE
- W2U5X9L7T6Y4.EXE
- U5Z4O9N7M6P1.EXE
- ARMY.EXE
- A2D5L1C5J7U7.EXE
- L1N2E3J7V5S3.EXE
- P9R8B4M6J1S2.EXE
- G6S1T6G5D3P2.EXE
- E7B4O7E4D1M2.EXE
- T1F5Q5K4X5U1.EXE
- G1K5N1I5F3Z5.EXE
- G2V1D2I7D6V8.EXE
- W9J4P6C5Z4Y9.EXE
- W8K6Q1E1D7E1.EXE
- X5L4N4G4Q5G1.EXE
- V7X6S6Y8F6D5.EXE
- P5M7V9U4I3C7.EXE
- S7E1H2S8P1F6.EXE
- O4R8T8W6T4Q7.EXE
- C6G6L5I1S4Y1.EXE
- E3A7Y5T4L5W6.EXE
- W5Y7W9W8Q7Q2.EXE
- H9C4R1J2J5Q9.EXE
- O9Z2T4X7P3G7.EXE
- C5G4S1D7H4W6.EXE
- M8U4C9O7K1U1.EXE
- M8G7N1E9D9P6.EXE
- H7P7P4V7B4R1.EXE
- N5K1E9C6U9U1.EXE
- I7G4F8R8G7F1.EXE
- K4E5X7M5A2U8.EXE
- Z1L9I6G9C3O9.EXE
- F2X6H6H9X9E6.EXE
- S4C7D9K2O3O8.EXE
- H5Y7D2S7D6G7.EXE
- L6N4U5M4G3M9.EXE
- L8Y4Z3H8E1Q2.EXE
- U9H5P2K8B3O9.EXE
- R8D4T7Y6P4K9.EXE
- R8F3F7Z9B6X3.EXE
- N4C1O5W9Q3G3.EXE
- A7F2P8H7V3A5.EXE
- X4W6W8P3T9B2.EXE
- X1K5R1R6X7G6.EXE
- C5F8B8W5W3F1.EXE
- G9Z7P9E4Z2N1.EXE
- N7U8K5W9H1J8.EXE
- M4N4P6E9S1J5.EXE
- O5D8D7H9R3J3.EXE
- E2Q2D4K6V3X4.EXE
- Q1B6N4W1A6V4.EXE
- M1H1C3F9C7F2.EXE
- X5R5P7I2H8K8.EXE
- T8B7G2V7V8A2.EXE
- W4D8Y6A3D4I9.EXE
- D9C3T1Y7R5V9.EXE
- N2N4H6O4L1M5.EXE
- X2P1V7B3V5K2.EXE
- K4D1J3H5K9F2.EXE
- S5S8W5B8O7R1.EXE
- B8A7L7O6K3D5.EXE
- P8U3E9Z9Z2R6.EXE
- G7I8H3L6Z4V6.EXE
- V2P7W4P2F6P7.EXE
- POWEXR.EXE
- C1G7Z1Z1R1Q8.EXE
- Q6I2M9E7Q3D1.EXE
- I2E6S8T5T5M4.EXE
- D8T2B3S1Q2U6.EXE
- I2V9E6J3V5W8.EXE
- X5K5Q1E9Z8Z4.EXE
- A3Q8U1W1U5A7.EXE
- Y2T3S6J5B4S8.EXE
- C9T9K4Q2E4M4.EXE
- U2Z7B1A4U8R1.EXE
- FK.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 428,576 bytes
- 39,936 bytes
- 8,966 bytes
- 175,982 bytes
- 291,653 bytes
- 157,107 bytes
- 289,541 bytes
- 411,648 bytes
File Type
The filename POWER.EXE is used by multiple object types including self extracting compressed files,executable programs,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name POWER.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\Microsof
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\Crypt
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\crypto\RS
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\S-1-5-21-3883139891-1472325935-3916570647-100
- Creates c:\data\deleted\Desktop.ini
- Deletes c:\data\deleted\POWER.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\a5a8_appcompat.txt
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\1A3AD.dmp
Network Activity
One or more files with the name POWER.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup69.147.236.20 Power.helldark.biz
Website Activity
One or more files with the name POWER.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Port 25 IP:69.147.236.20
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