Prevx Research Division
PHIM HOT.EXE
Cloaked MalwareYour PC may be infected. The presence of a file called PHIM HOT.EXE is a possible sign of infection.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
PHIM HOT.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
PHIM HOT.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename PHIM HOT.EXE was first seen on Jul 16 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Spain on Jul 16 2008
- Vietnam on Jul 16 2008
File Name Aliases
PHIM HOT.EXE can also use the following file names:
- PHIM HOT.EXE
- USERINIT.EXE
- 05517179.EXE
- 30199747.EXE
- 52752966.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 82,944 bytes
- 83,968 bytes
- 248,832 bytes
Vendor, Product and Version Information
Files with the name PHIM HOT.EXE have been seen to have the following Vendor, Product and Version Information in the file header:
- ; ; 1.00
File Type
The filename PHIM HOT.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name PHIM HOT.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\userinit.exe
- Creates c:\windows\kdcoms.dll
- Creates c:\windows\system32\system.exe
- Opens/modifes c:\autoexec.bat
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\Microsof
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\Crypt
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\crypto\RS
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\S-1-5-21-3766738458-954458941-2556246048-100