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WINBQB0SCA.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
WINBQB0SCA.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Copies files
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
- Reads email address and phone book details
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
WINBQB0SCA.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed as a Process
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Created as a process on disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename WINBQB0SCA.EXE was first seen on Mar 10 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Mar 10 2009
- The United States on Jul 10 2009
- Denmark on Jul 12 2009
- Vietnam on Sep 22 2009
- South Africa on Nov 4 2009
File Name Aliases
WINBQB0SCA.EXE can also use the following file names:
- BACKDOOR.WIN32.BREDAVI.ARD.EXE
- MRG-0010.EXE
- MRG-12.11.2009-0099..EXE
- HARN0000(1).EXE
- MRG-PROJECT#4-0212.EXE
- WAB.EXE
- SVCST.EXE
- SERES.EXE
- WJQS.EXE
- 1[1].EXE
- 1.EXE
- ~.EXE
- 29914361.EXE
- 37608531.DAT
- 92832221.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 20,515 bytes
- 47,104 bytes
- 40,960 bytes
- 15,360 bytes
- 29,184 bytes
File Type
The filename WINBQB0SCA.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name WINBQB0SCA.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\system32\dllcache\figaro.sys
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\dllcache\figaro.sys to c:\windows\drivers\beep.sys
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\dllcache\figaro.sys to c:\windows\system32\dllcache\beep.sys
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\dllcache\figaro.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers\beep.sys
- Moves c:\windows\system32\dllcache\figaro.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers\beep.sys
- Creates c:\windows\system32\braviax.exe
- Creates c:\windows\system32\wisdstr.exe
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