LIVEUPDATE.EXE

File Behavior

LIVEUPDATE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• Executes a Process
• Downloads program file(s) and other content from the web
• Injects code into other processes
• This process creates other processes on disk
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
• Terminates Processes
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Adds products to the system registry
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
• Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings

LIVEUPDATE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Executed as a Process
• Created as a process on disk
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
• Added as a Service in the System Registry Current Control Set
• Terminated as a Process
• Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up