Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
COMMGR.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- 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
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- Copies files
- Injects code into other processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
COMMGR.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
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename COMMGR.EXE was first seen on Mar 27 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- on Mar 27 2008
- India on Mar 20 2010
- The United Kingdom on Mar 20 2010
- Turkey on May 31 2011
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 323,584 bytes
- 368,640 bytes
- 303,104 bytes
- 372,736 bytes
- 711,104 bytes
- 303,106 bytes
File Type
The filename COMMGR.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
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