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"EQEGWK.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
EQEGWK.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 Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- 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
EQEGWK.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
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename EQEGWK.EXE was first seen on Jul 26 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Lithuania on Jul 26 2010
- India on Jul 26 2010
- South Africa on Jul 26 2010
- Algeria on Jul 26 2010
- The United Kingdom on Jul 26 2010
- Ukraine on Jul 27 2010
File Name Aliases
EQEGWK.EXE can also use the following file names:
- DUSHICE.EXE
- 821899.EXE
- 543.EXE
- 330.EXE
- 1737848.EXE
- 1750.EXE
- DH5841.EXE
- DH5840.EXE
- DH5843.EXE
- DH1.EXE
- DH5844.BAD
- 5866.EXE
- 48146282.EXE
- 42333441.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 150,528 bytes
- 150,016 bytes
- 149,504 bytes
File Type
The filename EQEGWK.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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