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CONFIGURATION.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Worm
File Behavior
CONFIGURATION.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Adds products to the system registry
CONFIGURATION.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename CONFIGURATION.EXE was first seen on Jul 6 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Canada on Jul 6 2007
- Europe on Jul 6 2007
- Italy on Mar 24 2008
- Spain on Sep 13 2008
- on Mar 7 2009
- Australia on Mar 7 2009
- Serbia on Oct 26 2009
- Bosnia and Herzegovina on Apr 20 2010
- Turkey on May 12 2012
File Name Aliases
CONFIGURATION.EXE can also use the following file names:
- DATA.EXE
- INF734E.TMP
- LUD_ZBUNJEN_NORMALAN.EXE
- CALUSOL POBEDNICI.EXE
- NEVENA.EXE
- TEORIJA.EXE
- MUZIKA.EXE
- SKOLA.EXE
- SOFTVER.EXE
- SLIKE.EXE
- CRVENI KRST.EXE
- OTHERS.EXE
- RESOURCE.EXE
- PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2007) HORROR-THRILLER.EXE
- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003) SCI-FI.EXE
- BIOHEMIJA.EXE
- BACKYARD (2009) MYSTERY-THRILLER.EXE
- ANTITRUST - HACKERS 3 (2001) CRIME-THRILLER.EXE
- SIMBRYO EMBRYOLOGY.EXE
- MISC.EXE
- DCIM.EXE
- LSASS.EXE
- MSSEMC.EXE
- BACKDOOR.WIN32.REVELL.102
- MP3.EXE
- 12400114.EXE
- 23117273.EXE
- 54628245.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 122,880 bytes
- 200,704 bytes
- 211,936 bytes
- 265,031 bytes
- 338,803 bytes
- 304,132 bytes
- 2,199,552 bytes
- 347,648 bytes
- 3,145,728 bytes
File Type
The filename CONFIGURATION.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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