File Investigation Report
"WINBWGI.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
WINBWGI.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Terminates Processes
- Sends email using SMTP protocols
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Adds products to the system registry
WINBWGI.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename WINBWGI.EXE was first seen on Nov 18 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Vietnam on Nov 18 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 18 2009
Filesizes
This file has been seen with the following file size:
- 89,088 bytes
File Type
The filename WINBWGI.EXE refers to an executable program.
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