File Investigation Report
SOBICYT.EXERootkit
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Rootkit
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
SOBICYT.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
SOBICYT.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Service in the System Registry Current Control Set
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename SOBICYT.EXE was first seen on Aug 7 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- CANADA on Aug 7 2008
- NETHERLANDS on Aug 13 2008
- The UNITED STATES on Aug 13 2008
- The EUROPEAN UNION on Aug 20 2008
- GERMANY on Aug 20 2008
- SPAIN on Dec 9 2008
File Name Aliases
SOBICYT.EXE can also use the following file names:
- PHTEXBA.TMP
- 03170003.SVD
- PAQTEIM.TMP
- 06037504.EXE
- 00799538.EXE
- 89430315.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 35,840 bytes
- 41,984 bytes
- 34,816 bytes
- 188,416 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
Files with the name SOBICYT.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:
- ; ; 2.0.0.10
- ; ; 2.0.0.9
- ; ; 2.0.0.11
File Type
The filename SOBICYT.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.