File Investigation Report
"AVCARE.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
AVCARE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
AVCARE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename AVCARE.EXE was first seen on Jul 27 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- The United States on Jul 27 2009
- Canada on Aug 11 2009
- on Sep 21 2009
- Europe on Oct 18 2009
File Name Aliases
AVCARE.EXE can also use the following file names:
- AVCARE.DEL
- $RFBGCIA.EXE
- 18062063.EXE
- 86696292.EXE
- 77131549.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,789,952 bytes
- 1,765,376 bytes
File Type
The filename AVCARE.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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