ALPHA.EXE

File Behavior

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

• Adds products to the system registry
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Executes a Process
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Creates new folders on the system
• Copies files
• Injects code into other processes
• Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
• Changes the Windows Security Center 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
• Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
• 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
• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites

ALPHA.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
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Terminated as a Process
• Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
• Copied to multiple locations on the system