File Investigation Report
2008.EXEMalicious Software
Your PC may be infected. The presence of a file called 2008.EXE is a possible sign of infection.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- System Back Door
- Worm
File Behavior
2008.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This Process Creates Other Processes On Disk
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Executes a Process
2008.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename 2008.EXE was first seen on Dec 3 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- CHINA on Dec 3 2007
- SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO on Dec 17 2007
- The EUROPEAN UNION on Mar 19 2008
- SPAIN on Mar 19 2008
- The UNITED KINGDOM on Apr 16 2008
File Name Aliases
2008.EXE can also use the following file names:
- S[1].EXE
- 00080556.SVD
- 135[1].EXE
- 81095588.SVD
- 080803[1].EXE
- S[2].EXE
- 44725787.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 408,064 bytes
- 70,550 bytes
- 66,815 bytes
- 480,768 bytes
- 2,249,384 bytes
- 471,040 bytes
- 65,656 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
Files with the name 2008.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:
- 黑客防ऀ线; ;
- Macromedia, Inc.; Macromedia Projector; 8.5r321
- 奇虎网; 360安全卫士;
File Type
The filename 2008.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name 2008.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\05514c.log
- Creates c:\windows\system32\05514c.log
- Creates c:\windows\system32\qkecol.dll
Registry Activity
One or more files with the name 2008.EXE creates or modifies the following registry keys and values:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\MSDTCSERVEsss\PARAMETERS SERVICEDLL [REG_EXPAND_SZ, value: %SystemRoot%\System32\qkecol.dll]
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\SERVICES\MSDTCSERVEsss\PARAMETERS SERVICEDLL [REG_EXPAND_SZ, value: %SystemRoot%\System32\qkecol.dll]
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet003\Services\MSDTCSERVEsss\PARAMETERS SERVICEDLL [REG_EXPAND_SZ, value: %SystemRoot%\System32\qkecol.dll]
Network Activity
One or more files with the name 2008.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup219.153.245.154 tcy.meibu.com
Website Activity
One or more files with the name 2008.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:219.153.245.154:808 Port:14