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COPY.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
COPY.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
COPY.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
Country Of Origin
The filename COPY.EXE was first seen on May 13 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on May 13 2007
- Peru on May 13 2007
- The United States on May 19 2007
- South Africa on May 19 2007
- Kenya on Dec 10 2007
- on Dec 15 2007
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,211 bytes
- 159,832 bytes
- 102,400 bytes
- 51,384 bytes
- 20,480 bytes
File Type
The filename COPY.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name COPY.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Copies filesqlserv.exe to c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\sqlserv.exe
- Copies filecopy.exe to c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\copy.exe
- Copies fileautorun.inf to c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\autorun.inf
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