Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
File Behavior
WLOOBE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Adds products to the system registry
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Terminates Processes
- Executes a Process
WLOOBE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename WLOOBE.EXE was first seen on Oct 11 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Hong Kong on Oct 11 2008
- The United States on Oct 9 2009
- Europe on Nov 7 2009
- Brazil on Nov 7 2009
- Turkey on Mar 7 2010
- The United Kingdom on Mar 7 2010
File Name Aliases
WLOOBE.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 98067696.JS
- 75238196.DAT
- 17640719.EXE
- 39746679.EXE
- 64263966.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 327,680 bytes
- 422,123 bytes
- 442,720 bytes
- 450,400 bytes
- 5,621,776 bytes
- 32,256 bytes
File Type
The filename WLOOBE.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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