File Investigation Report
"GCQ6.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
GCQ6.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds products to the system registry
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Violates Windows/Vista Physical Memory Protection allowing it to look inside the data areas of other programs
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
GCQ6.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
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename GCQ6.EXE was first seen on Nov 2 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- The EUROPEAN UNION on Nov 2 2009
- VIET NAM on Nov 5 2009
File Name Aliases
GCQ6.EXE can also use the following file names:
- HERSS.EXE
- 08161179.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 115,086 bytes
- 315,790 bytes
- 190,862 bytes
File Type
The filename GCQ6.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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