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EXPLORER3.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
EXPLORER3.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Loads and Executes a System Driver File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
EXPLORER3.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
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename EXPLORER3.EXE was first seen on Jul 14 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Jul 14 2007
- The United States on Aug 1 2007
- Spain on Aug 6 2007
- Canada on Aug 6 2007
- on Sep 18 2007
File Name Aliases
EXPLORER3.EXE can also use the following file names:
- WIN32.EXE
- EXPLORER3[1].EXE
- KERNELWIND32.EXE
- EXPLORER3[n].EXE
- KERNELWIND32.EXE__DELETE_ON_REBOOT
- 75449347.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 16,334 bytes
- 4,218,601 bytes
- 11,985 bytes
- 1,031,680 bytes
- 439,296 bytes
- 31,232 bytes
File Type
The filename EXPLORER3.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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