File Investigation Report
SPEEDRUNNER.EXE
Cloaked MalwarePC Cleanup in 3 Easy Steps
Use Prevx 3.0 to remove SPEEDRUNNER.EXE, along with any other viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, rootkits, worms, information stealers, keyloggers, bots, and other form of malicious threat that may reside on your PC.
- Think your PC might be Infected? Scan Now Prevx 3.0 will scan your PC in seconds to inform you whether your PC is clean or infected.
- Malware Removal Prevx 3.0 removes adware infections for free. More complicated infections require purchase of a malware removal license.
- Expert Assistance In the rare occurence that Prevx 3.0 malware removal fails - a Prevx Engineer will connect to your PC and manually disinfect.
- Money Back Guarantee for Individual Users If within the first 14 days, the Prevx Engineer finds it impossible to clean an infection from your PC, we give you your money back.
Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Fraudulent Security Program
File Behavior
SPEEDRUNNER.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
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
- Creates a Toolbar Extension for Internet Explorer
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Opens browser pop ups
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
SPEEDRUNNER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename SPEEDRUNNER.EXE was first seen on Apr 15 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- The UNITED KINGDOM on Apr 15 2008
- GERMANY on May 13 2008
- NETHERLANDS on Sep 10 2008
- SPAIN on Sep 10 2008
File Name Aliases
SPEEDRUNNER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 36405882.SVD
- 36344048.EXE
- YCUCBQZ.TMP
- 67352763.EXE
- 670713F5-091E-404D-BDC7-347CDD85B3EF_SPEEDRUNNER.EXE
- 19FE5DEC-1BDB-4F38-A487-3C4D3033A0E4_SPEEDRUNNER.EXE
- F0B7A272-1DF7-4C6A-8B17-53975AF81868_SPEEDRUNNER.EXE
- SPEEDRUNNER.NEW.EXE
- 98111326.DAT
- XNLPNIK.TMP
- 72842461.EXE
- 01C9892ECB1A7C02_SPEEDRUNNER_EXE.PE
- 01C9892ECB1A7C02_SPEEDRUNNER_PROD_V12019_29JAN2009_EXE_6E48029A2E680E13B85EEDC0C60B3003.PE
- 78652408.SVD
- 35945829.EXE
- 32499439.DAT
- 80205591.DAT
- 44918331.EXE
- 88347982.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 208,896 bytes
- 181,760 bytes
- 225,280 bytes
- 244,224 bytes
- 181,248 bytes
File Type
The filename SPEEDRUNNER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name SPEEDRUNNER.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Website Activity
One or more files with the name SPEEDRUNNER.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Remote server connection to www .speed-runner .co
- Remote server connection to speed-runner .co
- Port 80 IP:206.251.244.224
PCMag.com Editors' Choice Award Logo is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Used under license.