Prevx Research Division
MOG.EXE
Fraudulent Security ProgramThe most common objects with the name of MOG.EXE are considered safe.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Fraudulent Security Program
File Behavior
MOG.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Injects code into other processes
MOG.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename MOG.EXE was first seen on Sep 3 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Argentina on Sep 3 2007
- Uruguay on Sep 13 2007
- Venezuela on Jan 4 2008
- Spain on Jan 4 2008
- Mexico on Apr 19 2008
- Germany on Sep 7 2008
- The United States on Apr 23 2012
File Name Aliases
MOG.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MOG[n].EXE
- MJKTDLO.TMP
- MXONEGUARDIANUPDATE.MOU
- UPDATE.EXE
- DEØZ
- 26758293.EXE
- 37973707.EXE
- 24825222.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 281,088 bytes
- 284,162 bytes
- 243,690 bytes
- 126,976 bytes
- 297,472 bytes
- 271,360 bytes
- 370,178 bytes
- 621,056 bytes
File Type
The filename MOG.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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