Prevx Research Division
SSX.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
SSX.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
SSX.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename SSX.EXE was first seen on Mar 17 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Mar 17 2009
- Chile on Mar 17 2009
- Georgia on Jun 4 2011
- South Africa on Jun 4 2011
- Japan on Dec 21 2011
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 44,048 bytes
- 163,840 bytes
- 52,224 bytes
- 59,392 bytes
File Type
The filename SSX.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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