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HIDETOOLZ 2.1.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
HIDETOOLZ 2.1.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Loads and Executes a System Driver File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a 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
- Checks for the use of debuggers
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
HIDETOOLZ 2.1.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename HIDETOOLZ 2.1.EXE was first seen on Jul 13 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Jul 13 2007
- Sweden on Jul 13 2007
- Indonesia on Aug 26 2007
- Spain on Aug 26 2007
- Taiwan on Dec 21 2007
- The United Kingdom on Jun 10 2010
- Turkey on Aug 12 2012
File Name Aliases
HIDETOOLZ 2.1.EXE can also use the following file names:
- KKK.EXE
- TASKMGE.EXE
- 杩涚▼闅愯棌.EXE
- 镣一钢用来运行YOYO的工具.EXE
- 肄藏截程的工具.EXE
- c04be577L5.EXE
- bf9be7a88be99a90e8978fL5.EXE
- 闅愯棌杩涚▼.EXE
- HIEROOLZ.EXE
- 闅愯棌宸ュ叿.EXE
- 杩涚▼闅愯棌宸ュ叿.EXE
- HIDETOOLZ_EN.EXE
- TOOLS/HIDETOOLZ.2.2/HIDETOOLZ.EXE
- HIDETOOLZ_2.1.EXE
- HIDETOOLZ V2.1.EXE
- HT_2.1/HIDETOOLZ.EXE
- MY ANTI-RK/HIDETOOLZ V2.1/HIDETOOLZ V2.1.EXE
- OLLYDBG[2007.9.21]OLLYICE/TOOLS/HIDETOOLZ/HIDETOOLZ.EXE
- HIDETOOLZ3[1].3.EXE
- HIDETOOLZ.EXE
- MSN.EXE
- M4|07132113.EXE
- VS000001.EXE
- 96566815.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 922,668 bytes
- 96,768 bytes
- 58,880 bytes
- 97,792 bytes
- 384,512 bytes
File Type
The filename HIDETOOLZ 2.1.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name HIDETOOLZ 2.1.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\temp\746.sys
- Deletes c:\windows\temp\746.sys
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