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IEXPLORE[1].EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Spyware
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
IEXPLORE[1].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
IEXPLORE[1].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
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename IEXPLORE[1].EXE was first seen on Mar 13 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Slovakia on Mar 13 2008
- Indonesia on Mar 31 2008
- Spain on Mar 31 2008
- The United States on Dec 14 2011
- South Africa on Dec 14 2011
- The United Kingdom on Feb 6 2012
File Name Aliases
IEXPLORE[1].EXE can also use the following file names:
- IEXPLORE.EXE
- RSKILL.EXE
- RKILL.SCR
- RKILL.EXE
- WINLOGON.EXE
- IEXPLORE(1).EXE
- EXPLORER.EXE
- IEXPLORE (1).EXE
- ABC.SCR.EXE
- RKILL[1].EXE
- IEXPLORER.COM
- RKILL[1].COM
- DO FIRST (RKILL).COM
- RKILL(1) (1).COM
- EXPLORER (1).EXE
- RKILL(1).COM
- USERINIT.EXE
- BAD.COM
- RKILL-KILLS KNOWN PROCESSES THAT STOP THE USE OF OUR NORMAL ANTI-MALWARE APPLICATIONS.COM
- RKILL(1).EXE
- R-K-I-L-L.SCR
- R-K-I-L-L.COM
- RKILL.COM
- AAWFHR.BNB
- IEXPLORE_001.EXE
- IEXPLORE_V8.82.0.8.EXE
- YAZAKUPDATE.EXE
- IEXPLORE[n].EXE
- YAZAK.EXE
- 4C4.TMP
- C199.TMP
- 2OEYAV.EXE
- PFUNIQD8.SCR.PART
- 27578057.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,008,141 bytes
- 27,648 bytes
- 11,475 bytes
- 8,192 bytes
- 536,576 bytes
File Type
The filename IEXPLORE[1].EXE is used by multiple object types including self extracting compressed files,executable programs.
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