ACPIDISK.SYS - Dangerous
What you should do about ACPIDISK.SYS:
Your PC may be infected. The presence of a file called ACPIDISK.SYS is a possible sign of infection.
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What we know about ACPIDISK.SYS:
The filename ACPIDISK.SYS was first seen on Aug 6 2007 in SPAIN. It has also been seen in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- HONG KONG on Oct 17 2007
- MALAYSIA on Nov 22 2007
- The UNITED KINGDOM on Mar 25 2008
- The EUROPEAN UNION on May 23 2008
The most common file size is 198,820 bytes. But the following file sizes have also been seen:
- 192,132 bytes
- 199,076 bytes
- 222,180 bytes
- 167,556 bytes
- 235,396 bytes
- 170,372 bytes
- 176,516 bytes
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group Win32.Rootkit.Gen.
These files have no vendor, product or version information specified in the file header.ACPIDISK.SYS has been seen to perform the following behavior(s):
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
ACPIDISK.SYS has been the subject of the following behavior(s):
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Created as a process on disk
- Loaded and Executed as a System Driver File
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
ACPIDISK.SYS can also use the following file names:
- 79715335.DAT
- 82334897.DAT
- 15708665.SYS
- 13641306.SYS
- SAMPLE