DAEMON403-X86.EXE

Worm

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Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:

Worm

File Behavior

DAEMON403-X86.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
Adds products to the system registry
This process creates other processes on disk
Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
Executes a Process
This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up

DAEMON403-X86.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
Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up

Country Of Origin

The filename DAEMON403-X86.EXE was first seen on May 12 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

The United States on May 12 2007
Spain on May 12 2007
Australia on May 29 2007
Europe on Sep 25 2008
South Africa on Apr 2 2012

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

1,439,128 bytes
1,449,368 bytes
1,563,136 bytes

File Type

The filename DAEMON403-X86.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.

File Activity

One or more files with the name DAEMON403-X86.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:

Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsx9.tmp
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nsmB.tmp
Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nscD.tmp
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nscd.tmp\setuphlp.dll
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nscd.tmp\dtsetup.ini
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nscd.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nscd.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nscd.tmp\modern-header.bmp
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\nscd.tmp\InstallOptions.dll

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