File Investigation Report
REDIST.EXE
Malicious SoftwareYour PC may be infected. The presence of a file called REDIST.EXE is a possible sign of infection.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
REDIST.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Injects code into other processes
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
- This Process uses Anti Dissasembly Tricks to avoid analysis by security products
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
REDIST.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename REDIST.EXE was first seen on Jun 2 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- SPAIN on Jun 2 2008
- SWEDEN on Jul 2 2008
- The UNITED STATES on Aug 28 2008
File Name Aliases
REDIST.EXE can also use the following file names:
- دواليش الخرائط
- 44922978.SVD
- 28333564.EXE
- 09630325.EXE
- 23868127.EXE
- 78625183.EXE
- 38784559.EXE
- 17595156.DAT
- KERNEL32.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,007,616 bytes
- 985,050 bytes
- 1,700,864 bytes
- 32,768 bytes
- 65,536 bytes
- 1,092,859 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
Files with the name REDIST.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:
- ; Microsoft Corparation;
- CIEL SA; redist; 2.00
File Type
The filename REDIST.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name REDIST.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\CielRedist.log
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Network Activity
One or more files with the name REDIST.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup210.245.211.11 proxim.ircgalaxy.pl
Website Activity
One or more files with the name REDIST.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:210.245.211.11:65520 Port:36