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TEMP.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
TEMP.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Adds products to the system registry
- Executes a Process
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Enables the system to use a Communications Proxy Server
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Injects code into other processes
- Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Creates new folders on the system
- Copies files
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates, modifies or schedules batch jobs
TEMP.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Registry Key (DXCOM) to auto start Programs on system start up
Country Of Origin
The filename TEMP.EXE was first seen on Jun 2 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Italy on Jun 2 2007
- Russian Federation on Jun 22 2007
- The United States on Sep 5 2007
- Europe on Sep 20 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 4 2009
- Turkey on May 25 2012
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 34,816 bytes
- 1,210,368 bytes
- 182,272 bytes
- 280,783 bytes
- 96,784 bytes
- 986,624 bytes
- 271,872 bytes
File Type
The filename TEMP.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name TEMP.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- create folder C:\Program Files\SafetyCenter
- Creates c:\program files\safetycenter\sound.wav
- Creates c:\program files\safetycenter\main.ico
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\~D.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\a7b1_appcompat.txt
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\1AB5E.dmp
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