Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
FLOPPYDISKPARTION.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Modifies fixed, removable or USB drives using autorun to execute or spread infection
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Injects code into other processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Adds products to the system registry
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Terminates Processes
- Disables safe mode on your PC
FLOPPYDISKPARTION.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename FLOPPYDISKPARTION.EXE was first seen on Jan 7 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Saudi Arabia on Jan 7 2008
- The United Kingdom on Jan 7 2008
- South Africa on Oct 19 2008
- Europe on Sep 16 2009
- Cameroon on Jan 3 2010
- Algeria on May 2 2010
File Name Aliases
FLOPPYDISKPARTION.EXE can also use the following file names:
- RCX3D.TMP
- RCX91.TMP
- ZPHARAOH.EXE
- 59212152.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 155,661 bytes
- 161,685 bytes
- 73,216 bytes
- 168,933 bytes
- 161,775 bytes
- 314,775 bytes
- 217,061 bytes
- 155,383 bytes
File Type
The filename FLOPPYDISKPARTION.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name FLOPPYDISKPARTION.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes d:\autorun.inf
- Moves d:\1.taz to d:\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\autorun.inf
- Moves c:\1.taz to c:\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\zPharaoh.exe
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