Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Password Stealer
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
A3.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Copies files
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
A3.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename A3.EXE was first seen on Sep 25 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Taiwan on Sep 25 2007
- Spain on Sep 25 2007
- Lithuania on Apr 21 2008
- Europe on Apr 21 2008
- Brazil on Mar 19 2010
- The United States on May 6 2010
- Slovakia on Feb 23 2012
- South Africa on Feb 23 2012
- Turkey on May 24 2012
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 74,752 bytes
- 15,360 bytes
- 398,186 bytes
- 44,544 bytes
- 17,144 bytes
- 6,432,860 bytes
File Type
The filename A3.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
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