File Investigation Report
"WINGNLK.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
WINGNLK.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
- Executes a Process
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Terminates Processes
- Sends email using SMTP protocols
WINGNLK.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
Country Of Origin
The filename WINGNLK.EXE was first seen on Dec 7 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Thailand on Dec 7 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 7 2009
Filesizes
This file has been seen with the following file size:
- 84,992 bytes
File Type
The filename WINGNLK.EXE refers to an executable program.
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