"WINSSLED.EXE"

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