Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Rootkit
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
BURITOS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Changes the Internet Explorer Search Page
- Changes the Internet Explorer Home Page Settings
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Disables the Windows Built in Firewall enabling rogue processes to access the internet without your knowledge or permission
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Modifies Windows Initialization And System Settings Used On Start up
- The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
BURITOS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed as a Process
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename BURITOS.EXE was first seen on Jul 22 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Germany on Jul 22 2008
- The United States on Jul 22 2008
- Spain on Aug 16 2008
- Latvia on Sep 12 2008
- on Sep 30 2008
File Name Aliases
BURITOS.EXE can also use the following file names:
- BRAVIAX.EXE
- VMDCEIL.TMP
- BURITOS.EXE.REN
- AFAARNQ.TMP
- MZOYOXI.TMP
- 60936833.EXE
- 80613077.EXE
- 03485028.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 88,064 bytes
- 9,216 bytes
- 10,240 bytes
- 9,728 bytes
- 25,600 bytes
File Type
The filename BURITOS.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name BURITOS.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Website Activity
One or more files with the name BURITOS.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Remote server connection to antispyware-quick-scan .co
- Remote server connection to spyware-quickscan-2008 .co
- Remote server connection to virus-quickscan-2008 .co
- Remote server connection to spyware-quickscan-2009 .co
- Remote server connection to virus-quickscan-2009 .co
- Remote server connection to antivirus-quick-scan .co
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1062 Port:17
- Port 80 IP:216.195.56.88
- Port 80 IP:206.161.126.40
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