Prevx Research Division
"JOVN.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
JOVN.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables the Windows Built in Firewall enabling rogue processes to access the internet without your knowledge or permission
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Creates new folders on the system
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Creates, registers ot modifies and SMTP Server
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
JOVN.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
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename JOVN.EXE was first seen on Mar 15 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United Kingdom on Mar 15 2010
- The United States on Mar 15 2010
- Australia on Apr 11 2010
File Name Aliases
JOVN.EXE can also use the following file names:
- AVE.EXE
- SUMM[1].EXE
- AV.EXE
- 3361852.2008695574.EXE
- 5.67468691073032E8.EXE
- SOURCE[1].HTML
- 33721483.EXE
- 80921332.EXE
- 13960717.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 175,960 bytes
- 243,200 bytes
- 185,856 bytes
- 200,704 bytes
- 135,432 bytes
File Type
The filename JOVN.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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