88.EXE - Dangerous

What you should do about 88.EXE:

Your PC may be infected. The presence of a file called 88.EXE is a possible sign of infection.

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What we know about 88.EXE:

The filename 88.EXE was first seen on Jul 1 2007 in SINGAPORE. It has also been seen in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:

  • The EUROPEAN UNION on Feb 23 2008
  • The UNITED STATES on Jul 1 2007
  • SPAIN on Sep 18 2007
  • GERMANY on Jul 1 2007
  • CHINA on Jul 1 2007
The filename 88.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects,self extracting compressed files.

The most common file size is 3,484,664 bytes. But the following file sizes have also been seen:

  • 13,312 bytes
  • 518,656 bytes
  • 22,528 bytes
  • 66,771,493 bytes

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group TROJAN.PWDSTEALER.GEN.Some files using the name 88.EXE are also associated with the malware group:
  • Generic Worm

These files may have the following Vendor, Product, Version Information in the file header

88.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior(s):

  • This Process Creates Other Processes On Disk
  • This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
  • Executes a Process
  • Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
  • The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
  • Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
  • Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
  • Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
  • Loads and Executes a System Driver File

88.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior(s):

  • Executed as a Process
  • Created as a process on disk
  • Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
  • Deleted as a process from disk
  • Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
  • Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
  • Executed from Temporary Folders

88.EXE can also use the following file names:

  • 88.UPDATE
  • Á•¢88.EX
  • UPDATE.EXE
  • €Á
  • 8[1].EXE
  • NWIZQJSJ.EXE
  • GAME02.EXE

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