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"MSMXENG.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
MSMXENG.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Injects code into other processes
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Visits web sites on your PC without you knowing
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Injects code into other processes
- Creates new folders on the system
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
MSMXENG.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename MSMXENG.EXE was first seen on Jul 16 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Germany on Jul 16 2009
- India on Jul 16 2009
- South Africa on Aug 12 2009
- Thailand on Nov 19 2009
- Iran, Islamic Republic of on Nov 19 2009
- The United States on Dec 1 2009
- Austria on Dec 1 2009
- Mexico on Jan 23 2010
- Bangladesh on Jan 23 2010
- Philippines on Jan 30 2010
File Name Aliases
MSMXENG.EXE can also use the following file names:
- VAR32.EXE
- WINXML.EXE
- ACCELL.EXE
- SYN.EXE
- KYTANA[1].EXE
- SOPHOS32.EXE
- GTK.EXE
- KASPERSKY32.EXE
- MORGANA[1].EXE
- NP7[1].EXE
- NP4[1].EXE
- NP5[1].EXE
- NP10[1].EXE
- NP3[1].EXE
- NP8[1].EXE
- NP6[1].EXE
- 728.EXE
- 681.EXE
- 154.EXE
- 624.EXE
- 613.EXE
- (NULL)
- 925.EXE
- 716.EXE
- 266.EXE
- 539.EXE
- 744.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 257,536 bytes
- 186,880 bytes
- 130,560 bytes
- 180,736 bytes
- 251,911 bytes
- 168,620 bytes
- 171,520 bytes
File Type
The filename MSMXENG.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name MSMXENG.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\recycler\s-1-5-21-7449680478-2392184595-121607584-1328\Desktop.ini
Network Activity
One or more files with the name MSMXENG.EXE performs the following network events:
- DNS Lookup124.217.225.227 digitalmind.cn
- DNS Lookup1.1.30.1 DC30-HOIE306C
Website Activity
One or more files with the name MSMXENG.EXE interacts with the following web sites and pages. Web addresses have been deliberately modified to prevent unintentional use.
- rapidshare .com / files / 37281180 / Malcolm_2x08_Terapia__CTVD__ESP_XviD__ComedyRIP__roldan2003_ .part2 .rar
- rs119tl2 .rapidshare .com / files / 37281180 / 7188441 / Malcolm_2x08_Terapia__CTVD__ESP_XviD__ComedyRIP__roldan2003_ .part2 .rar
- Remote server connection to rs119 .rapidshare .co
- TCP:124.217.225.227:44402 Port:26
- Port 80 IP:195.122.131.2
- Port 80 IP:195.122.131.120
- Port 80 IP:80.239.236.120
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