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Winner Download Manager

Posted: November 13, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 9,644
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 6,244
First Seen: November 3, 2014
Last Seen: October 13, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Winner Download Manager is an application created and developed by Winner Solutions. Users may notice that processes related to Winner Download Manager run from startup as the software adds registry entries, thus allowing the program to start automatically on boot. Users may be a bit confused by the name of the primary executable file which is an abbreviation; it is called 'wdm.exe.' That kind of application is automatically updated due to the 'update.exe' file. Moreover, according to computer security researchers, users end up uninstalling Winner Download Manager less than ten days after installation.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\WinnerDM\wdm.exe File name: wdm.exe
Size: 1.79 MB (1797632 bytes)
MD5: 266b8760afbb3db125de0a9c50174453
Detection count: 1,815
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\WinnerDM\wdm.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 15, 2021
%LOCALAPPDATA%\WinnerDM\wdm.bin File name: wdm.bin
Size: 2.52 MB (2529792 bytes)
MD5: 4036ec98bb19fa55ba7185bc5f607c6a
Detection count: 419
File type: Binary File
Mime Type: unknown/bin
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\WinnerDM
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 4, 2014
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\WinnerDM\wdm.exe File name: wdm.exe
Size: 1.96 MB (1965014 bytes)
MD5: 1770451a8dfc7e42ae7acfa349026485
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\WinnerDM
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 4, 2014
%LOCALAPPDATA%\WinnerDM\update.exe File name: update.exe
Size: 7.13 MB (7139840 bytes)
MD5: ebd05ea3401525f8da8d4d168ad7c714
Detection count: 35
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\WinnerDM
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 4, 2014
%USERPROFILE%\Ustawienia lokalne\Dane aplikacji\WinnerDM\wdm.exe File name: wdm.exe
Size: 1.96 MB (1965018 bytes)
MD5: 802a3ce1c8c8e6e2884d710c9d9b037e
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Ustawienia lokalne\Dane aplikacji\WinnerDM
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 4, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathWinner Download Manager.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Classes\wdmtorrentfileSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinnerDMSoftware\Winner Download ManagerSoftware\WinnerDMHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}WinnerDM

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Winner Download Manager%LOCALAPPDATA%\WinnerDM%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\WinnerDM
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