File Investigation Report
KK3.BAT
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
KK3.BAT has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Loads and Executes a System Driver File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executes a Process
- Injects code into other processes
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- 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
KK3.BAT 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
- Deleted as a process from disk
- This program is often downloaded from the web
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Downloaded from covert web sites without the user knowing
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename KK3.BAT was first seen on Aug 30 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO on Aug 30 2008
- KUWAIT on Aug 30 2008
- The UNITED KINGDOM on Aug 30 2008
- SPAIN on Sep 1 2008
- VIET NAM on Sep 1 2008
- MOROCCO on Sep 2 2008
File Name Aliases
KK3.BAT can also use the following file names:
- DDR.EXE
- CKVO.EXE
- HELP.EXE
- 90747579.EXE
- PH.COM
- RS.CMD
- P1Y2.CMD
- 97851276.BAT
- 90574574.DAT
- 90881259.BAT
- 14497582.BAT
- KK3.BAT.BAK
- IQE68O.BAT
- 83546614.BAT
- 95965323.DAT
- 02091113.BAT
- DC3.EXE
- DC5.EXE
- 59438493.BAT
- H3.BAT
- H3.BAT.BAK
- IKY.BAT
- NYH9OK.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 91,848 bytes
- 90,688 bytes
- 107,520 bytes
- 91,129 bytes
- 90,623 bytes
File Type
The filename KK3.BAT refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name KK3.BAT creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\system32\drivers\klif.sys
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\drivers\klif.sys
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\ckvo.exe
- Deletes c:\windows\system32\ckvo0.dll
- Creates c:\windows\system32\ckvo0.dll
- Deletes c:\kk3.ba
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\ckvo.exe to c:\kk3.ba
- Deletes c:\autorun.in
- Creates c:\autorun.in
- Deletes d:\kk3.ba
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\ckvo.exe to d:\kk3.ba
- Deletes d:\autorun.in
- Creates d:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\help1.rar
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\help1.rar
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\help.exe
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\help.exe
- Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\help.exe to c:\windows\system32\ckvo.exe
Website Activity
One or more files with the name KK3.BAT interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1107 Port:19
- Port 80 IP:60.169.1.92
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1110 Port:18
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