Prevx Research Division
BOOTINI.EXE
System Back DoorYour PC may be infected. The presence of a file called BOOTINI.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 groups:
- System Back Door
- Worm
File Behavior
BOOTINI.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- 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
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Ability to execute files automatically on your PC
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
BOOTINI.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Executed as a Process
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
- Created as a process on disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename BOOTINI.EXE was first seen on Oct 10 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- The United States on Oct 10 2007
- Europe on Jan 22 2008
- Venezuela on Jan 22 2008
- Saudi Arabia on Oct 25 2008
- Spain on Nov 1 2008
- The United Kingdom on Mar 7 2012
File Name Aliases
BOOTINI.EXE can also use the following file names:
- GLARYSOFT GLARY UTILITIES PRO SERIAL KEYGENERATOR.EXE
- 59293234.EXE
- 23821488.EXE
- 68003977.EXE
- 52062598.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 90,112 bytes
- 209,775 bytes
- 5,230 bytes
- 90,242 bytes
- 151,552 bytes
- 93,184 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
Files with the name BOOTINI.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:
- SoftThinks; Boot Ini Changer; 1, 0, 0, 6
- Igor Pavlov; 7z Self-Extract Setup; 4, 14, 0, 0
File Type
The filename BOOTINI.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name BOOTINI.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
Registry Activity
One or more files with the name BOOTINI.EXE creates or modifies the following registry keys and values:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main CompatibilityFlags value:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF\TIP\{1188450c-fdab-47ae-80d8-c9633f71be64}\LanguageProfile\0x00000000\{63800dac-e7ca-4df9-9a5c-20765055488d} Enable value:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main FullScreen no
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main Window_Placement [REG_BINARY, size: 44 bytes]
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar Locked value:
Website Activity
One or more files with the name BOOTINI.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1079 Port:21
- Port 80 IP:85.17.109.32
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1081 Port:21
- TCP:127.0.0.1:1080 Port:21