File Investigation Report
HOSTSCHK.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Email Worm
File Behavior
HOSTSCHK.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- 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
HOSTSCHK.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename HOSTSCHK.EXE was first seen on Dec 15 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- CANADA on Dec 15 2008
- The UNITED KINGDOM on Dec 15 2008
- The EUROPEAN UNION on Oct 30 2009
File Name Aliases
HOSTSCHK.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SMITFRAUDFIX/HOSTSCHK.EXE
- HOSTSCHK(0001).EXE
- SPYWARE/SMITFRAUDFIX/HOSTSCHK.EXE
- 11013878.SVD
- 74374862.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 97,792 bytes
- 124,416 bytes
- 83,456 bytes
- 77,824 bytes
File Type
The filename HOSTSCHK.EXE refers to many versions of an object.
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