File Investigation Report
"WINSSLED.EXE"
Cloaked MalwarePC Cleanup in 3 Easy Steps
Use Prevx 3.0 to remove WINSSLED.EXE, along with any other viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, rootkits, worms, information stealers, keyloggers, bots, and other form of malicious threat that may reside on your PC.
- Think your PC might be Infected? Scan Now Prevx 3.0 will scan your PC in seconds to inform you whether your PC is clean or infected.
- Malware Removal Prevx 3.0 removes adware infections for free. More complicated infections require purchase of a malware removal license.
- Expert Assistance In the rare occurence that Prevx 3.0 malware removal fails - a Prevx Engineer will connect to your PC and manually disinfect.
- Money Back Guarantee for Individual Users If within the first 14 days, the Prevx Engineer finds it impossible to clean an infection from your PC, we give you your money back.
Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
WINSSLED.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Disables the built in Windows File Protection System
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Injects code into other processes
- Copies files
- Sets processes to start during user logon
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Adds products to the system registry
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
WINSSLED.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename WINSSLED.EXE was first seen on Nov 19 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Brazil on Nov 19 2009
- Chile on Nov 19 2009
- Vietnam on Nov 20 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 20 2009
- Egypt on Nov 24 2009
- Mexico on Nov 26 2009
- Georgia on Nov 27 2009
- Australia on Feb 10 2010
File Name Aliases
WINSSLED.EXE can also use the following file names:
- TYHSSWC[1].EXE
- HSYSJSWOPC[1].EXE
- WINSSLED .EXE
- HSYSJSWOPC.EXE
- IEYEWWMC.EXE
- IEYEWWMC_001.EXE
- KSOSLPC[1].EXE
- IEYEWWMC[1].EXE
- 448.EXE
- 657.EXE
- 922.EXE
- 708.EXE
- 362.EXE
- 220.EXE
- 206.EXE
- 08138291.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 65,024 bytes
- 79,872 bytes
- 79,360 bytes
- 141,824 bytes
- 62,464 bytes
- 41,472 bytes
- 44,544 bytes
- 38,356 bytes
File Type
The filename WINSSLED.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
PCMag.com Editors' Choice Award Logo is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Used under license.