File Investigation Report
ADSTECHNOLOGYINSTALL[1].EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
ADSTECHNOLOGYINSTALL[1].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Creation and Registration of a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
ADSTECHNOLOGYINSTALL[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
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Terminated as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename ADSTECHNOLOGYINSTALL[1].EXE was first seen on Aug 20 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Europe on Aug 20 2007
- Spain on Feb 2 2008
- Uruguay on Feb 14 2008
- Turkey on Jun 7 2008
- Ukraine on Sep 28 2008
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 331,823 bytes
- 319,543 bytes
- 319,613 bytes
- 350,604 bytes
- 350,586 bytes
File Type
The filename ADSTECHNOLOGYINSTALL[1].EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name ADSTECHNOLOGYINSTALL[1].EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- create folder C:\Program Files\ADSTechnology
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsy6.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsn8.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsn8.tmp\ioCustomL_at.ini
- Creates c:\program files\adstechnology\ADSTechnology.dll
- Creates c:\program files\adstechnology\ADSTechnology.exe
- Creates c:\program files\adstechnology\Uninstall.exe
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\adstechnology\ADSTechnology.lnk
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\adstechnology\Uninstall.lnk
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsn8.tmp\nsa17.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsn8.tmp\InstallOptions.dll
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\14.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\14.tmp
- create folder C:\Program Files\ActivationManager
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsl1C.tmp
- Creates c:\program files\activationmanager\ActivationManager.dll
- Creates c:\program files\activationmanager\Uninstall.exe
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