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NEWSLEECHER.EXE
Malicious SoftwareIt is possible that your PC could be infected. The file name NEWSLEECHER.EXE is used by both safe and unsafe programs.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
NEWSLEECHER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Adds products to the system registry
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Terminates Processes
- This Process sends MIME Email
- This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
NEWSLEECHER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created as a process on disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename NEWSLEECHER.EXE was first seen on May 31 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- France on May 31 2007
- The United Kingdom on May 31 2007
- Netherlands on May 7 2008
- Spain on May 7 2008
- Australia on Jul 26 2008
- Denmark on May 19 2009
- Canada on Nov 20 2009
File Name Aliases
NEWSLEECHER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- M7|NEWSLEECHER.EXE
- NEWSLEECHER V3.9 FINAL.EXE
- 21065293.EX
- 86594076.EXE
- 79046322.EXE
- 41849583.EXE
- 85667048.EXE
- 27356138.EXE
- 25623136.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 5,017,360 bytes
- 6,642,176 bytes
- 4,105,216 bytes
- 35,328 bytes
- 11,090,851 bytes
- 2,825,728 bytes
- 4,907,008 bytes
File Type
The filename NEWSLEECHER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name NEWSLEECHER.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Deletes c:\newsleecher\Registry.rw.
- Creates c:\newsleecher\Registry.rw.
- Moves c:\newsleecher\Registry.rw. to c:\newsleecher\Registry.rw.
- Creates c:\newsleecher\Registry.tvr
- Deletes c:\newsleecher\Registry.tvr
- Moves c:\newsleecher\Registry.tvr to c:\newsleecher\Registry.tvr
- Creates c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\download\-2816.28
- Moves c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\download\-2816.281 to c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\download\!!default!!.nc2
- Creates c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\search\-2816.28
- Moves c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\search\-2816.281 to c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\search\!!default!!.nc2
- Creates c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\supersearch\-2816.28
- Moves c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\supersearch\-2816.281 to c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\supersearch\!!default!!.nc2
- Moves c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\download\-2816.281 to c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\download\!!default!!.nc1
- Moves c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\search\-2816.281 to c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\search\!!default!!.nc1
- Moves c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\supersearch\-2816.281 to c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\supersearch\!!default!!.nc1
- Creates c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\-2816.281
- Moves c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\-2816.281 to c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\downloaded.dat
- Creates c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\cachev3\download\!!default!!.nc1
- Creates c:\newsleecher\%appdata%\newsleecher\downloaded.dat
Network Activity
One or more files with the name NEWSLEECHER.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup208.87.149.250 www.newsleechar.com
Website Activity
One or more files with the name NEWSLEECHER.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Port 80 IP:208.87.149.250
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