Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
File Behavior
WINUCDCOY.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Senter to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Injects code into other processes
WINUCDCOY.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename WINUCDCOY.EXE was first seen on Nov 17 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Vietnam on Nov 17 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 17 2009
Filesizes
This file has been seen with the following file size:
File Type
The filename WINUCDCOY.EXE refers to an executable program.
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