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ED.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Worm
File Behavior
ED.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- 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
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into other processes
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
ED.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
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename ED.EXE was first seen on Sep 1 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Sep 1 2007
- Canada on Nov 2 2007
- Spain on Sep 14 2008
- on Sep 14 2008
- Uganda on Jan 18 2011
- South Africa on May 14 2012
File Name Aliases
ED.EXE can also use the following file names:
- FFBE.EXE
- IEXPLORE.EXE
- FEDE.EXE
- CDCA.EXE
- FDD0.EXE
- DE8F.EXE
- E9EC.EXE
- FF1D.EXE
- FFA2.EXE
- B1BC.EXE
- AB0B.EXE
- AFFB.EXE
- CBE.EXE
- SVCHOST.EXE
- 28.EXE
- A6.EXE
- B1.EXE
- A221.EXE
- E4D7.EXE
- A08A.EXE
- FA44.EXE
- 754A.EXE
- FC08.EXE
- A35.EXE
- C682.EXE
- F869.EXE
- E510.EXE
- D125.EXE
- C4F7.EXE
- B3E1.EXE
- D60B.EXE
- F841.EXE
- C516.EXE
- D46A.EXE
- F667.EXE
- C2D7.EXE
- B1B4.EXE
- C99B.EXE
- F010.EXE
- D448.EXE
- D5D6.EXE
- E76A.EXE
- BD13.EXE
- FB83.EXE
- F78A.EXE
- CA59.EXE
- 19647195.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 89,600 bytes
- 35,463 bytes
- 297,088 bytes
- 20,480 bytes
- 5,611,008 bytes
- 491,979 bytes
- 61,440 bytes
File Type
The filename ED.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name ED.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ed.exe c:\windows\system32\usnsvc.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ED.exe
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\Pierce.ex
- Creates c:\windows\system32\Pierce.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\ED.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\svchost.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\svchost.exe
Network Activity
One or more files with the name ED.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup58.218.177.239 www.xh2my.cn
- DNS Lookup sdfu55.cn
Website Activity
One or more files with the name ED.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Port 80 IP:58.218.177.239
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