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USBGUARD.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
USBGUARD.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- Injects code into other processes
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
USBGUARD.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename USBGUARD.EXE was first seen on May 17 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on May 17 2007
- Italy on May 17 2007
- Uruguay on Aug 21 2007
- Indonesia on Aug 21 2007
- Spain on Nov 29 2008
- Kazakhstan on Nov 29 2008
- Iran, Islamic Republic of on Sep 19 2009
- Russian Federation on Jan 10 2010
- The United Kingdom on Feb 19 2011
- Turkey on May 21 2012
File Name Aliases
USBGUARD.EXE can also use the following file names:
- USBGUARD .EXE
- USBGUARD_5.1.0.15.EXE
- USBGUARD.RU.EXE
- USB GUARD (BY XV3DE).EXE
- USBGUARD1.EXE
- USBGUA2RD.EXE
- 22402239.EXE
- 42665157.EXE
- 76064823.EXE
- 64888705.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 811,008 bytes
- 524,288 bytes
- 819,200 bytes
- 697,248 bytes
- 802,816 bytes
- 440,353 bytes
- 2,554,880 bytes
- 860,160 bytes
File Type
The filename USBGUARD.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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