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AVGW.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
AVGW.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Injects code into other processes
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Adds products to the system registry
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
AVGW.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
Country Of Origin
The filename AVGW.EXE was first seen on Sep 15 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Romania on Sep 15 2007
- Netherlands on Oct 1 2007
- Germany on Oct 1 2007
- The United States on Nov 26 2007
- Hungary on Nov 29 2007
- on May 9 2008
- The United Kingdom on Dec 22 2010
- India on Apr 27 2012
File Name Aliases
AVGW.EXE can also use the following file names:
- M4|78047307.EXE
- 39664774.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 276,480 bytes
- 219,136 bytes
- 326,144 bytes
- 182,272 bytes
- 20,480 bytes
- 224,256 bytes
- 152,576 bytes
File Type
The filename AVGW.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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