File Investigation Report
AV2009.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
AV2009.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)
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Opens browser pop ups
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
AV2009.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename AV2009.EXE was first seen on Jun 24 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- SPAIN on Jun 24 2008
- The UNITED STATES on Jun 24 2008
- GERMANY on Jun 27 2008
- The EUROPEAN UNION on Jul 19 2008
- ITALY on Aug 4 2008
- NETHERLANDS on Nov 1 2008
- The UNITED KINGDOM on Nov 1 2008
File Name Aliases
AV2009.EXE can also use the following file names:
- NKINHUI.TMP
- 34356692.SVD
- FAUTDOT.TMP
- AV_2009[1].EXE
- 46461476.EXE
- UPVQVRG.TMP
- YSCDGDG.TMP
- 45856023.EXE
- 98460609.EXE
- 60944036.EXE
- 87613335.EXE
- 60141132.EXE
- 63502989.EXE
- 28865591.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 970,752 bytes
- 1,265,664 bytes
- 1,263,616 bytes
- 851,456 bytes
- 954,368 bytes
- 956,416 bytes
File Type
The filename AV2009.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name AV2009.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\AV9.lnk
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\desktop\AV9.lnk
- Creates c:\windows\system32\scui.cpl
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\Antivirus 2009.lnk
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\desktop\Antivirus 2009.lnk
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\start menu\antivirus 2009\Antivirus 2009.lnk
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\start menu\antivirus 2009\Uninstall Antivirus 2009.lnk
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Website Activity
One or more files with the name AV2009.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- antivirus-database .com / firstrun .php?product=AV9&aff=&update=0207 / av2009&time=10:47:18
- Port 80 IP:89.149.226.24
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