SPUNINST.EXE

File Behavior

SPUNINST.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Adds products to the system registry
• Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
• Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
• Executes a Process
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Modifies firewall settings, without user permission so it is not blocked from accessing the Internet
• Injects code into other processes
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Creates a new Background Service on the machine

SPUNINST.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Deleted as a process from disk
• Created as a process on disk
• This Process may have been infected by a file infecting virus
• Executed as a Process
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Terminated as a Process
• Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
• Copied to multiple locations on the system