CHUZZLE.EXE

Malicious Software

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Associated Malware Groups

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

Malicious Software

File Behavior

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

Executes a Process
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
This Process uses Anti Dissasembly Tricks to avoid analysis by security products
The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
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

CHUZZLE.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
Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Executed by Internet Explorer

Country Of Origin

The filename CHUZZLE.EXE was first seen on Jun 5 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:

The United Kingdom on Jun 5 2007
Spain on Jun 18 2007
Italy on Dec 15 2007
Sweden on Mar 14 2008
Palestinian Territory on Mar 14 2008
Europe on Mar 17 2008
Poland on Mar 17 2008
The United States on Mar 31 2008
Vietnam on Mar 21 2010

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

1,126,400 bytes
274,432 bytes
1,249,280 bytes
1,212,416 bytes
249,856 bytes
1,107,710 bytes
1,105,920 bytes

File Type

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

File Activity

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

Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\444f_appcompat.txt
Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\150F9.dmp
Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat

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