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KEYGEN.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Worm
File Behavior
KEYGEN.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Opens browser pop ups
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
KEYGEN.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename KEYGEN.EXE was first seen on Jan 19 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- SPAIN on Jan 19 2009
- CANADA on Jan 19 2009
File Name Aliases
KEYGEN.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 81733524.EXE
- 66159401.DAT
- 88754371.DAT
Filesizes
This file has been seen with the following file size:
- 87,552 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
A file with the name KEYGEN.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:
- Microsoft Corporation; Microsoft Script Editor; 11.0.5510
File Type
The filename KEYGEN.EXE refers to an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name KEYGEN.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\system32\hotplug32.dll
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\54c8_appcompat.txt
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\02000000eb821a8c517P.man
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\02000000eb821a8c517C.man
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\02000000eb821a8c517O.man
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\02000000eb821a8c517S.man
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\161F1.dmp
Registry Activity
One or more files with the name KEYGEN.EXE creates or modifies the following registry keys and values:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SessionInformation ProgramCount value:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SessionInformation ProgramCount value:
Website Activity
One or more files with the name KEYGEN.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- Remote server connection to 85 .17 .93 .19
- Port 80 IP:85.17.93.190