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WEBBUILDER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malware Downloader
- Virus
File Behavior
WEBBUILDER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Adds products to the system registry
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Communicates with other computers using FTP connections
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
WEBBUILDER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
Country Of Origin
The filename WEBBUILDER.EXE was first seen on Mar 14 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Netherlands on Mar 14 2008
- Germany on Mar 14 2008
- Spain on Aug 1 2008
- Mexico on Aug 1 2008
- Turkey on Jul 20 2009
- Botswana on Dec 30 2010
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,297,962 bytes
- 2,321,920 bytes
- 1,639,624 bytes
- 2,995,200 bytes
- 2,236,605 bytes
- 2,393,600 bytes
File Type
The filename WEBBUILDER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name WEBBUILDER.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\documents and settings\jim\local settings\temp\WebBuilder.exe
- Creates c:\documents and settings\jim\local settings\temp\custom.dic
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