Prevx Research Division
NHINSTALL.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
NHINSTALL.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds products to the system registry
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Adds a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
NHINSTALL.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename NHINSTALL.EXE was first seen on May 18 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- The United States on May 18 2007
- South Africa on May 18 2007
- Sweden on Jul 1 2007
- Canada on Jul 1 2007
- Spain on Sep 23 2008
- Bahrain on Jan 29 2009
- The United Kingdom on May 1 2009
- Indonesia on Jul 16 2010
File Name Aliases
NHINSTALL.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 88772804.DAT
- 68413935.DAT
- 52268096.DAT
- 78843629.EXE
- 11615626.DAT
- 53226788.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 143,360 bytes
- 151,552 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
These files have no vendor, product or version information specified in the file header.
File Type
The filename NHINSTALL.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.