"FACEMOODS.EXE"

File Behavior

FACEMOODS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• Creates a Toolbar Extension for Internet Explorer
• Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Executes a Process
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
• Adds products to the system registry
• Changes the Internet Explorer Home Page Settings
• Changes the Internet Explorer Search Page
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
• Installs a browser helper object (BHO)
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• Creates new folders on the system
• Injects code into other processes
• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
• Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
• Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses

FACEMOODS.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
• Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File