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GO.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
GO.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Adds a Link in the Start Menu
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Injects code into other processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Creates new folders on the system
GO.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- This program is often downloaded from the web
Country Of Origin
The filename GO.EXE was first seen on May 16 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on May 16 2007
- Europe on Jul 6 2007
- South Africa on Jul 6 2007
- Australia on Oct 7 2007
- Spain on Oct 7 2007
- The United Kingdom on Oct 17 2007
- Turkey on Aug 18 2009
- Romania on Dec 10 2010
- India on Jan 4 2011
File Name Aliases
GO.EXE can also use the following file names:
- RDR_1297948048.EXE
- RDR_1297961848.EXE
- RDR_1297944372.EXE
- GETEXE=GO.EXE
- RDR_1297953698.EXE
- RDR_1297953240.EXE
- RDR_1297953499.EXE
- RDR_1297925147.EXE
- RDR_1297931424.EXE
- RDR_1297941022.EXE
- RDR_1297944169.EXE
- INSTALL.EXE
- FXTZKAWYYC.EXE
- SYSTEMZ.EXE
- SAGLIK.EXE
- WIP/CMD/GO.EXE
- SWITCHBLADE-SILIV-1-3-0-1/WIP/CMD/GO.EXE
- WIP/CMD/UNREF/OLD (SOURCE) GO.EXE
- PLAYER.EXE
- CFG.EXE
- GOOGLE.EXE
- SMSS.EXE
- WINGO4.EXE
- GO[1].EXE
- TV.EXE
- 9733,006.EXE
- 9GKE.EXE
- 90453259.@
- GO_001.EXE
- GO_002.EXE
- GO_003.EXE
- GO_004.EXE
- GO_005.EXE
- GO_006.EXE
- GO_007.EXE
- GO_008.EXE
- GO_009.EXE
- GO_010.EXE
- GO_011.EXE
- GO_012.EXE
- GO_013.EXE
- GO_014.EXE
- GO_015.EXE
- GO_016.EXE
- GO_017.EXE
- GO_018.EXE
- GO_019.EXE
- GO_020.EXE
- GO_021.EXE
- GO_022.EXE
- GO_023.EXE
- GO_024.EXE
- GO_025.EXE
- GO_026.EXE
- GO_027.EXE
- GO_028.EXE
- GO_029.EXE
- GO_030.EXE
- GO_031.EXE
- GO_032.EXE
- GO_033.EXE
- GO_034.EXE
- GO_035.EXE
- GO_036.EXE
- GO_037.EXE
- GO_038.EXE
- GO_039.EXE
- GO_040.EXE
- 30146758.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 126,464 bytes
- 198,144 bytes
- 724,992 bytes
- 434,176 bytes
- 35,328 bytes
- 64,662 bytes
- 5,120 bytes
- 2,447,910 bytes
- 1,116,396 bytes
File Type
The filename GO.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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