File Investigation Report
"CTFMON_LY.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
CTFMON_LY.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
CTFMON_LY.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
Country Of Origin
The filename CTFMON_LY.EXE was first seen on Jul 25 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Romania on Jul 25 2009
- Australia on Jul 25 2009
- Japan on Jul 25 2009
- Germany on Jul 26 2009
- Singapore on Jul 26 2009
- The United Kingdom on Aug 1 2009
- The United States on Mar 5 2010
File Name Aliases
CTFMON_LY.EXE can also use the following file names:
- CTFMON_LY-INFECTED.EXE
- CTFMON_LY.DEL
- XXX-CTFMON_LY.EXE
- DC174.EXE
- DC63.EXE
Filesizes
Files using the name CTFMON_LY.EXE have been seen with the following file size:
- 9,728 bytes
File Type
The filename CTFMON_LY.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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