Prevx Research Division
"AUTOKMS.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
AUTOKMS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- Injects code into other processes
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
AUTOKMS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename AUTOKMS.EXE was first seen on Dec 7 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United Kingdom on Dec 7 2009
- Italy on Dec 7 2009
- The United States on Jul 6 2010
- Brazil on Jul 22 2010
- Canada on Mar 4 2011
- South Africa on Apr 4 2011
- Thailand on May 20 2011
- Turkey on May 14 2012
File Name Aliases
AUTOKMS.EXE can also use the following file names:
- AUTOKMSKKK.EXE
- TMP00000D69DB74136FCE4E46CE
- 42339512.EXE
- 57806173.EXE
- 46913273.DAT
- 86327266.EXE
- 00971136.EXE
- 47190207.EXE
- 83393799.EXE
- 45473044.EXE
- 74906037.EXE
- 04182189.EXE
- 09101722.EXE
- 91441277.DAT
- 07382933.EXE
- 72904877.EXE
- 45886593.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 770,560 bytes
- 320,515 bytes
- 446,258 bytes
- 524,288 bytes
- 732,160 bytes
- 729,088 bytes
- 650,240 bytes
File Type
The filename AUTOKMS.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
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