File Investigation Report
ALPHA.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
ALPHA.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Injects code into other processes
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Creates new folders on the system
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Senter to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop the Firewall from alerting to a new program trying to access the Internet
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Executes a Process
ALPHA.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename ALPHA.EXE was first seen on Sep 9 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- SPAIN on Sep 9 2007
- ALBANIA on Nov 9 2007
- The UNITED STATES on Oct 22 2009
File Name Aliases
ALPHA.EXE can also use the following file names:
- O8|73A57AC38C77EE69B8E8A50822FC67F4.EXE
- M4|58194457.EXE
- (18‹ÖƒQ[ƒ€)(NOCD) ALPHA-ROM ŠÈˆÕ‰Ñ”ЃC[ƒ‹ (NOCDƒXƒŒ182Ž’Ñ‹Ÿ)/ALPHA.EXE
- 15270721.DAT
- 39423317.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 82,432 bytes
- 1,812 bytes
- 8,257,536 bytes
- 1,219,072 bytes
- 1,220,608 bytes
- 1,214,464 bytes
- 16,384 bytes
File Type
The filename ALPHA.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
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