Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
FF.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Modifies Windows Initialization And System Settings Used On Start up
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Copies files
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Removes Scheduled Tasks from the Windows task queue
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into other processes
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
FF.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
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Terminated as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- This program is often downloaded from the web
Country Of Origin
The filename FF.EXE was first seen on Oct 27 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Myanmar on Oct 27 2007
- Taiwan on Mar 15 2008
- Uruguay on Mar 28 2008
- Spain on Jun 20 2008
- Brazil on Jun 20 2008
- Mexico on Aug 8 2008
- The United Kingdom on Feb 5 2010
- Germany on Feb 5 2010
File Name Aliases
FF.EXE can also use the following file names:
- TRU281.TMP
- TRU7.TMP
- TRU284.TMP
- TRU14.TMP
- TRU2D.TMP
- DWH689E.TMP
- FLUID FLOW.EXE
- KAVO.EXE
- FF[n].EXE
- SPQ(n).BAT
- V3PIF.BAT
- FF[1].EXE
- NP.EXE
- I8.COM
- 54521049.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 141,824 bytes
- 16,616,174 bytes
- 119,296 bytes
- 131,584 bytes
- 124,928 bytes
- 898,560 bytes
- 113,307 bytes
- 116,637 bytes
- 93,464 bytes
File Type
The filename FF.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name FF.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\19.gif
- Creates c:\windows\2.exe
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\pedadt.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\n.dll
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\dllcache\vga.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers\vga.sys
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\kavo.exe
- Copies filec:\windows\2.exe to c:\windows\system32\kavo.exe
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\kavo0.dll
- Creates c:\windows\system32\kavo0.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\b46d_appcompat.txt
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
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