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H.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- System Back Door
- Malware Downloader
- Malicious Software
- Virus
File Behavior
H.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
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Removes Scheduled Tasks from the Windows task queue
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- 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 polymorphic and can change its structure
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Terminates Processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
H.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
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed by Internet Explorer
Country Of Origin
The filename H.EXE was first seen on Jul 2 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Jul 2 2007
- Spain on Jul 2 2007
- on Sep 30 2007
- China on Nov 17 2007
- Venezuela on Apr 17 2009
- Mexico on Apr 17 2009
- Europe on Oct 21 2009
- Iran, Islamic Republic of on Dec 10 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 10 2009
- Turkey on May 23 2012
File Name Aliases
H.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MSA.EXE
- MSB.EXE
- UPDATE.EXE
- WINEXEC.EXE
- TRUECRYPT.EXE
- P[1].EXE
- E.EXE
- G.EXE
- F.EXE
- I.EXE
- J.EXE
- M4|30708398.EXE
- M4|57651639.EXE
- M4|08531623.EXE
- M4|13222526.EXE
- M4|77654764.EXE
- M4|51348286.EXE
- M4|59104592.EXE
- M4|32189886.EXE
- M4|51248371.EXE
- M4|11642971.EXE
- M4|27899945.EXE
- M4|76636581.EXE
- M4|42130398.EXE
- M4|16228747.EXE
- M4|04861197.EXE
- M4|04915305.EXE
- M4|06906213.EXE
- M4|49897733.EXE
- M4|09298591.EXE
- M4|79267359.EXE
- M4|87990737.EXE
- M4|15585565.EXE
- M4|23625491.EXE
- M4|60362151.EXE
- M4|30152824.EXE
- M4|13430793.EXE
- M4|19350729.EXE
- M4|40301811.EXE
- M4|04319124.EXE
- M4|79434643.EXE
- M4|96115372.EXE
- M4|78907661.EXE
- M4|85070814.EXE
- M4|93914521.EXE
- M4|04459136.EXE
- M4|66315045.EXE
- M4|17386495.EXE
- M4|18899641.EXE
- M4|47173598.EXE
- M4|74948718.EXE
- M4|39367391.EXE
- M4|73543819.EXE
- M4|15626711.EXE
- M4|45387162.EXE
- M4|74211196.EXE
- M4|20788941.EXE
- M4|73343417.EXE
- M4|27066206.EXE
- M4|43497807.EXE
- M4|35903928.EXE
- M4|76333818.EXE
- M4|53641981.EXE
- M4|67664325.EXE
- M4|33610327.EXE
- M4|56554673.EXE
- M4|82878906.EXE
- M4|21179785.EXE
- M4|90995347.EXE
- M4|73729203.EXE
- M4|06608527.EXE
- M4|73591509.EXE
- M4|60671768.EXE
- M4|10581561.EXE
- M4|10714653.EXE
- M4|02776265.EXE
- M4|97404143.EXE
- M4|83314337.EXE
- M4|56841959.EXE
- M4|53017942.EXE
- M4|74175787.EXE
- M4|55028012.EXE
- M4|98634766.EXE
- M4|77798205.EXE
- M4|49149176.EXE
- M4|10978213.EXE
- M4|75413806.EXE
- M4|55921896.EXE
- M4|44370706.EXE
- M4|81570441.EXE
- M4|93116648.EXE
- M4|67309416.EXE
- M4|43518111.EXE
- M4|50222637.EXE
- M4|42678146.EXE
- M4|74770733.EXE
- M4|25220259.EXE
- M4|82532067.EXE
- M4|97650373.EXE
- M4|21638107.EXE
- M4|22038385.EXE
- M4|69856182.EXE
- M4|64868465.EXE
- M4|43636378.EXE
- M4|02875387.EXE
- DC7.EXE
- S-1-5-21-51
- DC4.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 359,080 bytes
- 685,991 bytes
- 216,576 bytes
- 34,289 bytes
- 131,076 bytes
- 200,704 bytes
- 81,920 bytes
- 44,147 bytes
File Type
The filename H.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name H.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Copies filec:\8319270.exe to c:\windows\system\winexec.exe
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