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ESET FIX.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
ESET FIX.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Terminates Processes
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
ESET FIX.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename ESET FIX.EXE was first seen on Mar 12 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Mar 12 2009
- Poland on Mar 12 2009
- on Mar 21 2009
- Slovakia on Apr 6 2009
- Philippines on Jul 29 2009
- Turkey on May 12 2012
File Name Aliases
ESET FIX.EXE can also use the following file names:
- ESET 4 FIX 1.3.EXE
- ESET FIX 1.3.EXE
- ESET CRACK.EXE
- ESET FIX1.EXE
- ESET.FIX.V1.3.EXE
- FIX.EXE
- FIX[n].EXE
- 32.EXE
- 82213519.EXE
- 76458076.EXE
- 40151991.EXE
- 90648213.EXE
- 77752307.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 728,477 bytes
- 1,754,253 bytes
- 2,984,184 bytes
- 3,045,897 bytes
- 359,777 bytes
File Type
The filename ESET FIX.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name ESET FIX.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\aut3.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\O
- Deletes c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\aut3.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\Ot
- Creates c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\aut8.tmp
- Copies filec:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\aut8.tmp to c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\eset.jpg
- Deletes c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\aut8.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\autC.tmp
- Creates c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\20000.ico
- Deletes c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\autC.tmp
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