COMBOFIX.EXE - Dangerous

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What we know about COMBOFIX.EXE:

The filename COMBOFIX.EXE was first seen on Mar 9 2008 in SPAIN. It has also been seen in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:

  • POLAND on Mar 17 2008
  • NETHERLANDS on Mar 9 2008
The filename COMBOFIX.EXE is used by multiple object types including objects,self extracting compressed files.

The most common file size is 1,580,267 bytes. But the following file sizes have also been seen:

  • 848,702 bytes
  • 1,670,895 bytes
  • 1,606,483 bytes
  • 1,584,016 bytes
  • 1,290,289 bytes
 These files have no vendor, product or version information specified in the file header.

COMBOFIX.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior(s):

  • The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
  • This Process Creates Other Processes On Disk
  • Executes a Process
  • Creates potentially fake system tray messages and error warnings

COMBOFIX.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior(s):

  • Created as a process on disk
  • Executed as a Process
  • Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
  • Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
  • Deleted as a process from disk

COMBOFIX.EXE can also use the following file names:

  • COMBOFIX[1].EXE
  • COMBOFIX(2).EXE
  • COMBO-FIX.EXE
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  • DPTRRKYDQW-847.PMS.EXE
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