IEHISTORY.EXE, Prevx

Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:

Worm

File Behavior

IEHISTORY.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
This process creates other processes on disk
This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
This Process uses Anti Dissasembly Tricks to avoid analysis by security products

IEHISTORY.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
Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products

Country Of Origin

The filename IEHISTORY.EXE was first seen on Jun 4 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

Taiwan on Jun 4 2007
The United States on Jun 4 2007
Germany on Nov 11 2008
Japan on Nov 11 2008
Spain on Feb 3 2009

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

655,360 bytes
147,968 bytes
630,784 bytes
175,023 bytes
424,448 bytes

File Type

The filename IEHISTORY.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.

File Activity

One or more files with the name IEHISTORY.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:

Creates c:\windows\rundl132.exe
Creates c:\windows\Logo1_.exe
Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\$$a9.bat
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\$$a9.bat
Creates c:\windows\vDll.dll
Creates d:\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\config.msi\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\malwarefiles\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\mbr\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\reader\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\reader\plug_ins3d\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\reader\plug_ins3d\prc\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\resource\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\resource\cmap\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\resource\font\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\compaq\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\compaq\setrefresh\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\hewlett-packard\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\hewlett-packard\sdp\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\hpq\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\hpq\hp help and support\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\hpq\my product name\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\ans\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\dmix\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\dmix\hlp\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\dmix\resource\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\dmix\uninst\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\ncs2\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\ncs2\agent\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\ncs2\wmiprov\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\intel\ncs2\wmiprov\mof\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\client\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\applet\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\audio\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\cmm\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\deploy\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\ext\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\fonts\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\i386\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\im\_desktop.ini
Creates c:\program files\java\jre1.6.0_02\lib\images\_desktop.ini

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