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DIC32.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
DIC32.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executes a Process
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Adds products to the system registry
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
DIC32.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename DIC32.EXE was first seen on Mar 5 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Oman on Mar 5 2008
- on Aug 3 2009
- Saudi Arabia on Nov 14 2009
- The United Kingdom on May 13 2010
- Egypt on Feb 11 2012
File Name Aliases
DIC32.EXE can also use the following file names:
- DIC.EXE
- سطح المكتب
- 60389891.EXE
- 74762043.EXE
- 27431264.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 217,967 bytes
- 58,880 bytes
- 212,992 bytes
- 135,168 bytes
- 61,440 bytes
- 102,912 bytes
File Type
The filename DIC32.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name DIC32.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes d:\autorun.in
- Moves d:\1.taz to d:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\autorun.in
- Moves c:\1.taz to c:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\zPharaoh.ex
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