CHROME.EXE, Prevx

Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:

Cloaked Malware

File Behavior

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

The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
Changes the Internet Explorer Home Page Settings
Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
Changes the Internet Explorer Search Page
Disables the built in Windows File Protection System
Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
This process creates other processes on disk
Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
Executes a Process
Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
Copies files
Sets processes to start during user logon
Creates a new Background Service on the machine
Injects code into other processes
Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
Terminates Processes
Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
Adds products to the system registry
Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
Disables safe mode on your PC
Downloads hidden code from covert web sites
Checks for the use of debuggers
Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
Reads email address and phone book details
Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
Creates, modifies or schedules batch jobs

CHROME.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
Terminated as a Process
Copied to multiple locations on the system
Deleted as a process from disk
Changes to the file command map within the registry
Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
Created as a new Background Service on the machine

Country Of Origin

The filename CHROME.EXE was first seen on Mar 27 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

Europe on Mar 27 2008
India on Feb 11 2009
The United States on Nov 12 2009
Italy on Nov 12 2009
The United Kingdom on Jun 19 2010
Nepal on Jul 13 2010
Turkey on May 25 2012

File Name Aliases

CHROME.EXE can also use the following file names:

NEW FOLDER.EXE
NEW_CHROME.EXE
F.R.I.E.N.D.S SEASON 10.EXE
MOVIES SONGS.EXE
WANTED.EXE
NOTEPAD.EXE
KARAM.EXE
LAKSHAYA.EXE
LIFE PARTNER.EXE
LONDON DREAMZ.EXE
LOVE AAJ KAL.EXE
LUCK.EXE
MAACHIS.EXE
MANORAMA.EXE
METALLICA.EXE
RAAZ.EXE
RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES.EXE
RACE.EXE
SAATHIYA.EXE
WDM.EXE
AAP KI KHATIR.EXE
ARADHANA.EXE
BACHNA AE HASINO.EXE
BILLU BARBER.EXE
BLUE.EXE
CHALO ISHQ LARAIN.EXE
CHANDI CHOWK TO CHINA.EXE
GHAJINI.EXE
HAR DIL JO PYAAR KAREGA.EXE
HITS OF LUCKY ALI.EXE
JISM.EXE
KAMBAKKHT ISHQ.EXE
KAMINEY.EXE
DEEPCHECKRESULTS.EXE
SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION.EXE
CARD READER.EXE
LAN CARD.EXE
AN983B.EXE
DOSODI.EXE
FREEBSD.EXE
LINUX.EXE
MSLANMANDOS.EXE
DRIVERS.EXE
FAST.EXE
FASTNIC.EXE
NIF.EXE
NDIS.EXE
DOS.EXE
NETWARE.EXE
PKTDRV.EXE
PXE&RPL.EXE
PXEONLY.EXE
SCO5.EXE
SOLARIS.EXE
UNIXWARE7.EXE
WFW311.EXE
WIN2000.EXE
WIN95.EXE
WIN98.EXE
WINME.EXE
WINNT.EXE
WNT35.EXE
WNT40.EXE
WINXP.EXE
RTL8139.EXE
BOOTROM.EXE
DOC.EXE
IBMRPL.EXE
LANRPL.EXE
NTRPL.EXE
DRIVER.EXE
SUBOOT.EXE
NWRPL.EXE
EXE.EXE
PATCH.EXE
CLIENT32.EXE
ETHERNET.EXE
NDIS2DOS.EXE
NWCLIENT.EXE
NWSERVER.EXE
SCO.EXE
TXT.EXE
GENERAL.EXE
IBM.EXE
PMUSGD.EXE
POWER CONSUMPTION.EXE
WAKE-UP FRAME SETTING.EXE
RTL8169.EXE
DRIVER_663.EXE
SRC.EXE
RTGBND2_115.EXE
EXE68.EXE
PATCH_TOOL.EXE
EXE69.EXE
EXE8101E.EXE
RTL_BSD_DRV_V172.EXE
SCO-OP6-8169(nnn).EXE
RELEASE NOTE.EXE
SCO-UW-8169(nnn).EXE
MAC.EXE
MAC-8169S(nnn).EXE
RESOURCES.EXE
MAC9X-8169(nnn).EXE
CONTENTS.EXE
MACOS.EXE
DOWNLOADS.EXE
SOFTWARE.EXE
JDK.EXE
BIN.EXE
DEMO.EXE
APPLETS.EXE
ANIMATOR.EXE
AUDIO.EXE
IMAGES.EXE
BEANS.EXE
SIMPLEANIMATION.EXE
ARCTEST.EXE
BARCHART.EXE
BLINK.EXE
CARDTEST.EXE
CLOCK.EXE
DITHERTEST.EXE
DRAWTEST.EXE
FRACTAL.EXE
CHROME_001.EXE
MSPUB.EXE
SIINST.EXE
BABYLON8_SETUP1.EXE
HPQUSGL.EXE
MCVSESCN.EXE
MCVSFTSN.EXE
HPWUCLI.EXE
PREVXCSIFREE.EXE
EXCEL.EXE
POWERPNT.EXE
MCMNHDLR.EXE
MCUPDATE.EXE
MCREGWIZ.EXE
GOOGLEUPDATE.EXE
MCAPPINS.EXE
INSTALL_FLASH_PLAYER.EXE
MCDASH.EXE
MCINFO.EXE
MGHTML.EXE
MICROSOFT OFFICE .EXE
UPDATE.EXE
WINWORD.EXE
OTHERS.EXE
UNIX.EXE
WIN98ME.EXE
PG.EXE
MS.EXE
NW3_12.EXE
NW4_10.EXE
26970994.EXE

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

413,696 bytes
921,072 bytes
546,304 bytes
311,808 bytes
267,264 bytes
129,536 bytes
1,699,841 bytes
1,309,720 bytes
414,393 bytes

File Type

The filename CHROME.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.

File Activity

One or more files with the name CHROME.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:

Creates c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe
Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Creates c:\windows\system32\setting.in
Moves c:\windows\system32\setting.ini to c:\windows\system32\setting.in
Deletes c:\windows\system32\setting.ini
Moves c:\windows\system32\setting.ini to c:\windows\system32\setting.ini
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to d:\New Folder.exe
Copies filec:\windows\system32\chrome.exe to d:\chrome.exe
Copies filec:\windows\system32\autorun.ini to d:\autorun.inf
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to d:\system volume information\System Volume Information.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\New Folder.exe
Copies filec:\windows\system32\chrome.exe to e:\chrome.exe
Copies filec:\windows\system32\autorun.ini to e:\autorun.inf
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\card reader\Card Reader.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\Lan Card.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\AN983B.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\dosodi\DOSODI.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\freebsd\FREEBSD.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\linux\LINUX.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\mslanmandos\MSLANMANDOS.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\mslanmandos\drivers\DRIVERS.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\mslanmandos\drivers\fast\FAST.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\mslanmandos\drivers\fast\fastnic\FASTNIC.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\mslanmandos\drivers\nif\NIF.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\ndis\NDIS.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\ndis\dos\DOS.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\netware\NETWARE.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\netware\nw3_12\NW3_12.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\netware\nw4_10\NW4_10.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\pktdrv\PKTDRV.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\pxe&rpl\PXE&RPL.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\pxeonly\PXEonly.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\sco5\SCO5.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\solaris\SOLARIS.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\unixware7\UNIXWARE7.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\wfw311\WFW311.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\win2000\WIN2000.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\win95\WIN95.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\win98\WIN98.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\winme\WINME.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\winnt\WINNT.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\winnt\wnt35\WNT35.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\winnt\wnt40\WNT40.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\an983b\winxp\WINXP.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\rtl8139\RTL8139.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\rtl8139\bootrom\BOOTROM.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\rtl8139\bootrom\doc\DOC.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\rtl8139\bootrom\doc\ibmrpl\IBMRPL.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\rtl8139\bootrom\doc\lanrpl\LANRPL.exe
Copies filec:\windows\chrome.exe to e:\lan card\rtl8139\bootrom\doc\ntrpl\NTRPL.exe

Website Activity

One or more files with the name CHROME.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.

h1 .ripway .com / poojasharma3 / setting .ini
h1 .ripway .com / poojasharma4 / setting .ini
h1 .ripway .com / poojasharma / setting .ini
Remote server connection to h1 .ripway .co
Port 80 IP:64.62.181.46

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