AMERICANONLINE.EXE

File Behavior

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

• This process creates other processes on disk
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
• Executes a Process
• Creates new folders on the system
• Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
• Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
• Adds products to the system registry
• Terminates Processes
• Injects code into other processes

AMERICANONLINE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Created as a process on disk
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Executed as a Process
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Terminated as a Process