Prevx Research Division
KNOB THE.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Adware
File Behavior
KNOB THE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
KNOB THE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed by Internet Explorer
Country Of Origin
The filename KNOB THE.EXE was first seen on Dec 1 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Turkey on Dec 1 2008
- Europe on Oct 22 2009
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,722,368 bytes
- 774,656 bytes
- 433,152 bytes
- 3,186,176 bytes
File Type
The filename KNOB THE.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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