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DREAMWEAVER.EXE
Cloaked MalwareIt is possible that your PC could be infected. The file name DREAMWEAVER.EXE is used by both safe and unsafe programs.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
DREAMWEAVER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Terminates Processes
- Modifies the Windows Host File which could be used to stop you visiting specific web sites by redirecting you to alternative addresses without you knowing
DREAMWEAVER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
- Terminated as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename DREAMWEAVER.EXE was first seen on Jun 13 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Brazil on Jun 13 2007
- The United States on Apr 5 2008
- on May 28 2008
- Europe on Nov 7 2009
- Turkey on May 24 2012
File Name Aliases
DREAMWEAVER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MSDOWNLD.TMP.EXE
- RECYCLER.EXE
- SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION.EXE
- SIERRA.EXE
- MS-DOS.COM
- DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS.EXE
- RNDLL32.PIF
- TSKMGR.EXE
- WINDOWS.EXE
- REGEDIT.EXE
- HELPHOST.COM
- DRIVERS.CAB.EXE
- NVIDIA.EXE
- PROGRAM FILES.EXE
- FONTS.EXE
- KEYBOARD.EXE
- APPLICATION DATA.EXE
- COOKIES.EXE
- DESKTOP.EXE
- FAVORITES.EXE
- LOCAL SETTINGS.EXE
- MY DOCUMENTS.EXE
- NETHOOD.EXE
- PRINTHOOD.EXE
- RECENT.EXE
- SENDTO.EXE
- START MENU.EXE
- TEMPLATES.EXE
- GLOBAL.EXE
- SVCHOST.EXE
- SYSTEM.EXE
- 88179517.EXE
- 71922669.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 17,088,512 bytes
- 7,680 bytes
- 16,065,904 bytes
- 356,352 bytes
- 16,119,480 bytes
- 14,699,008 bytes
File Type
The filename DREAMWEAVER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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