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GWX.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
GWX.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
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Terminates Processes
GWX.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- 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
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename GWX.EXE was first seen on Feb 28 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Italy on Feb 28 2008
- Indonesia on May 10 2010
- The United Kingdom on May 10 2010
- Portugal on Jun 14 2010
- Lithuania on Nov 22 2010
- Greece on Nov 22 2010
- The United States on Jan 6 2012
File Name Aliases
GWX.EXE can also use the following file names:
- DCM.EXE
- DFM.EXE
- LSS.EXE
- KJK.EXE
- KBAVEA.EXE
- SPIQEE.EXE
- LBC.EXE
- SPIQEF.EXE
- SWV.EXE
- SWY.EXE
- NCC.EXE
- SQC.EXE
- KFAMEB.EXE
- OZS.EXE
- ORIVYB.EXE
- ORIVYA.EXE
- OZK.EXE
- LVEROA.EXE
- RNEPEA.EXE
- RVG.EXE
- LCG.EXE
- GQOLOA.EXE
- LSUTIA.EXE
- LSUTIB.EXE
- SQEZIA.EXE
- SXG.EXE
- SXJ.EXE
- QGUBEA.EXE
- QMW.EXE
- PRUTYA.EXE
- PZW.EXE
- SHYZAA.EXE
- KFAMEA.EXE
- KL5.EXE
- 0.9147725735296606FDRGS.EXE
- SP8.EXE
- SP0.EXE
- SP3.EXE
- PZ0.EXE
- SP7.EXE
- 52956444
- SW4.EXE
- SW1.EXE
- GW0.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 372,736 bytes
- 495,104 bytes
- 168,448 bytes
- 221,184 bytes
- 102,400 bytes
- 201,216 bytes
File Type
The filename GWX.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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