52D06E68.EXE

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What we know about 52D06E68.EXE:

UPDATE.EXE

AUTOMATED MALWARE PROFILE, ANALYSIS, REMOVAL AND SIGNATURE INFORMATION:

DEFINITION OF: UPDATE.EXE

Safety Rating: Known Malware, do not run
Malware Family: Part of Malware group - Trojan Updatex
Determination: Automatically determined using Prevx centralized heuristics
Malware Form: EXPLOIT
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First seen: Feb 13 2007 (GMT)
Last seen: Feb 13 2007 (GMT)
File Size: 13,312 bytes

MALWARE ASSESSMENT: PREVX 4 AXES OF EVIL METHODOLOGY

1. COVERT ANALYSIS OF: UPDATE.EXE

File Names Used: 6
Paths Used: 253
Common File Name: UPDATE.EXE
Common Path: ?:\system volume information\_restore{?sid?}\rp{folder}\
Vendor Information: No Vendor details specified
UPDATE.EXE may use 6 or more path and file names, these are the most common:
File Name Structure: Normal
File and Path Structure: Suspicious, unusually high number of file and path combinations

2. RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS OF: UPDATE.EXE

Malicious Objects Created: 12 objects
Malicious Creators: 1
Malware Run Keys: None
Self Persists:
Antivirus Detection: Yes, detected by one or more 3rd party Antivirus product
Anti-Spyware Detection: Yes, detected by one or more 3rd party Anti-Spyware product

3. ACTIVITY ANALYSIS OF: UPDATE.EXE

The following behaviors have been observed for this object:
Installs programs.
Deletes programs.
Invokes dll components.
Modifies the hostsfile.
Runs temporary programs.
Runs other programs.
Communicates with web sites using httpout protocols.
Hijacks running processes.
Creates known malware.

4. PROPAGATION ANALYSIS OF: UPDATE.EXE

Malware Group Propagation Rate: Moderate (spreading)
Malware Group: Trojan Updatex