XINSTALL.EXE - Dangerous

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What we know about XINSTALL.EXE:

XINSTALL.EXE

AUTOMATED MALWARE PROFILE, ANALYSIS, REMOVAL AND SIGNATURE INFORMATION:

DEFINITION OF: XINSTALL.EXE

Safety Rating: Known Malware, do not run
Malware Family: Part of Malware group - Downloader Drev A
Determination: Automatically determined using Prevx centralized heuristics
Malware Form: EXPLOIT
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First seen: Sep 21 2006 (GMT)
Last seen: Sep 21 2006 (GMT)
File Size: 52,305 bytes

MALWARE ASSESSMENT: PREVX 4 AXES OF EVIL METHODOLOGY

1. COVERT ANALYSIS OF: XINSTALL.EXE

File Names Used: 76
Paths Used: 154
Common File Name: XINSTALL.EXE
Common Path: %DESKTOP%\
Vendor Information: No Vendor details specified
XINSTALL.EXE may use 76 or more path and file names, these are the most common:
1 :%CACHE%\CONTENT.IE5\????????\XINSTALL[1].EXE
2 :%CACHE%\CONTENT.IE5\????????\XINSTALL[2].EXE
3 :%CACHE%\CONTENT.IE5\????????\XINSTALL[4].EXE
4 :%profiles%\jorge n\XINSTALL2.EXE
5 :?:\A00000000
File Name Structure: Normal
File and Path Structure: Suspicious, code execution from unusual location

2. RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS OF: XINSTALL.EXE

Malicious Objects Created: 1 objects
Malicious Creators: 1
Malware Run Keys: Creates registry run keys for 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: XINSTALL.EXE

The following behaviors have been observed for this object:
Installs programs.
Deletes programs.
Invokes dll components.
Creates Run Keys.
Runs temporary programs.
Runs other programs.
Hijacks running processes.
Creates registry entries.
Creates run keys for known malware.
Creates known malware.

4. PROPAGATION ANALYSIS OF: XINSTALL.EXE

Malware Group Propagation Rate: Moderate (spreading)
Malware Group: Downloader Drev A

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