Prevx Research Division
WSCUI.CPL
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
WSCUI.CPL has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Dynamic Link Library File as a process
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
WSCUI.CPL has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a process
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Added as a Registry Key (RUNONCE) to auto start Programs on system start up
Country Of Origin
The filename WSCUI.CPL was first seen on Jul 13 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Jul 13 2007
- Uruguay on Jul 13 2007
- Germany on Jul 28 2008
- Spain on Jul 28 2008
- Canada on Nov 1 2008
- on Nov 12 2008
- Europe on Oct 7 2009
- Poland on Oct 19 2009
File Name Aliases
WSCUI.CPL can also use the following file names:
- VIRAL/_SCUI.CPL
- VIRAL/WSCUI.CPL
- _SCUI.DLL
- _SCUI.CPL
- 16458278.CPL
- 19421978.CPL
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 225,099 bytes
- 224,075 bytes
- 167,936 bytes
- 170,025 bytes
- 92,160 bytes
- 166,912 bytes
- 148,480 bytes
File Type
The filename WSCUI.CPL refers to many versions of a dynamic link library.
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