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G.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Spyware
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
G.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Removes Scheduled Tasks from the Windows task queue
- Copies files
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Loads and Executes a System Driver File
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- 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
G.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- 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
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename G.EXE was first seen on Jun 24 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Jun 24 2007
- Canada on Jun 24 2007
- Philippines on Oct 21 2007
- Uruguay on Jul 3 2008
- Taiwan on Jul 3 2008
- Kuwait on Jul 4 2008
- The United States on Jun 9 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 17 2009
- Germany on Dec 19 2009
- Turkey on May 25 2012
File Name Aliases
G.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MSA.EXE
- KAVO.EXE
- IPY.CMD
- VMHR.BAT
- ONEKEY.EXE
- ONEKEY GHOST.EXE
- ONEKEY GHOST 11.EXE
- 系统备份或还原.EXE
- ONEKEYGHOST3.2.EXE
- GHOSTŤĻƁŤ.EXE
- GHOST.EXE
- 镜像硬盘安装器.EXE
- 還原-ACER電腦.EXE
- ONEKEYGHOST3.21.EXE
- OKG.EXE
- ONEGHOST.EXE
- ONEKEYGHOST3_2.EXE
- ONEKEYGHOST3 - GHOST NHANH WIN.EXE
- ONEKEY BACKUP.EXE
- MSB.EXE
- 1.EXE
- Y.COM
- Z.EXE
- X.EXE
- V.EXE
- F.EXE
- N.EXE
- O.EXE
- H.EXE
- I.EXE
- K.EXE
- J.EXE
- L.EXE
- M.EXE
- B.EXE
- A.EXE
- C.EXE
- E.EXE
- S.EXE
- T.EXE
- Q.EXE
- R.EXE
- P.EXE
- D.EXE
- B0.EXE
- B2.EXE
- B4.EXE
- B6.EXE
- B8.EXE
- BV.EXE
- BX.EXE
- BY.EXE
- C0.EXE
- C2.EXE
- C4.EXE
- C6.EXE
- C8.EXE
- CA.EXE
- CC.EXE
- CE.EXE
- CG.EXE
- CI.EXE
- CK.EXE
- CM.EXE
- CO.EXE
- CQ.EXE
- CS.EXE
- CU.EXE
- CW.EXE
- CY.EXE
- DA.EXE
- DC.EXE
- DE.EXE
- DF.EXE
- DH.EXE
- DJ.EXE
- DK.EXE
- BE.EXE
- BG.EXE
- BI.EXE
- BK.EXE
- BM.EXE
- BO.EXE
- BQ.EXE
- BS.EXE
- BU.EXE
- 114.TMP
- 118.TMP
- 90535144.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 204,800 bytes
- 151,040 bytes
- 175,101 bytes
- 12,288 bytes
- 128,672 bytes
- 97,984 bytes
- 696,716 bytes
- 3,014,232 bytes
- 159,744 bytes
File Type
The filename G.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name G.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\d9m.dll
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\dllcache\vga.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers\vga.sys
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\kavo.exe
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\kavo0.dll
- Creates c:\windows\system32\kavo0.dll
- Deletes c:\g.ex
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\kavo.exe to c:\g.ex
- Deletes c:\autorun.in
- Creates c:\autorun.in
- Deletes d:\g.ex
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\kavo.exe to d:\g.ex
- Deletes d:\autorun.in
- Creates d:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\zz.rar
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Website Activity
One or more files with the name G.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1112 Port:19
- Port 80 IP:61.162.230.86
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