ANTIVERMINS.EXE - Dangerous
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What we know about ANTIVERMINS.EXE:
ANTIVERMINS.EXE
AUTOMATED MALWARE PROFILE, ANALYSIS, REMOVAL AND SIGNATURE INFORMATION:
DEFINITION OF: ANTIVERMINS.EXE
- Safety Rating: Known Malware, do not run
- Malware Family: Part of Malware group - Rogue Antispyware Antivermins
- Malware Form: EXPLOIT
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- First seen: Oct 7 2006 (GMT)
- Last seen: Oct 7 2006 (GMT)
- File Size: 2,146,304 bytes
MALWARE ASSESSMENT: PREVX 4 AXES OF EVIL METHODOLOGY
Other versions of ANTIVERMINS.EXE1. COVERT ANALYSIS OF: ANTIVERMINS.EXE
- File Names Used: 9
- Paths Used: 25
- Common File Name: ANTIVERMINS.EXE
- Common Path: %programfiles%\antivermins\
- Vendor Information: No Vendor details specified
- Product Information: Anti- spyware and adware
- Version Information: 2.1.0.0
- ANTIVERMINS.EXE may use 9 or more path and file names, these are the most common:
- 1 :?:\00000465.EXE
- 2 :?:\A00000000
- File Name Structure: Normal
- File and Path Structure: Suspicious, unusually high number of file and path combinations
2. RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS OF: ANTIVERMINS.EXE
- Malicious Objects Created: None
- Malicious Creators: None
- Malware Run Keys: Has registry run keys created by known malware objects
- Self Persists: Yes, creates copies of itself
- Antivirus Detection: No third party antivirus detection observed
- Anti-Spyware Detection: No third party anti-spyware detection observed
3. ACTIVITY ANALYSIS OF: ANTIVERMINS.EXE
- The following behaviors have been observed for this object:
- Invokes dll components.
- Runs other programs.
- Communicates with web sites using httpout protocols.
- Scans active processes.
- Terminates processes.
- Hijacks running processes.
- Has outbound communications.
4. PROPAGATION ANALYSIS OF: ANTIVERMINS.EXE
- Malware Group Propagation Rate: Moderate (spreading)
- Malware Group: Rogue Antispyware Antivermins
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