MBCProject-mbc-markdown/execution/prevent-concurrent-exe.md

ID	M0024
Objective(s)	Execution
Related ATT&CK Technique	None

Prevent Concurrent Execution

To avoid running multiple instances of itself, malware may check a system to see if it is already running.

Malware Examples

Name	Date	Description
Bagle	2004	Some variants look for an unnamed mutex to ensure only one copy of itself is running on a system. 1

References

[1] https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/archive/malware/worm_bagle.u