Prevx Research Division
WMODE.BWL
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
WMODE.BWL has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
WMODE.BWL has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Downloaded from covert web sites without the user knowing
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename WMODE.BWL was first seen on Feb 18 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Feb 18 2008
- Korea, Republic of on Feb 18 2008
- The United States on Mar 15 2009
File Name Aliases
WMODE.BWL can also use the following file names:
- WMODE.DLL
- 92323813.DAT
- 77827559.DAT
- 72023788.UNP
- 74768499.BWL
- 11946776.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 37,851 bytes
- 34,742 bytes
File Type
The filename WMODE.BWL refers to many versions of a dynamic link library.
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