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DIVXCONFIG.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Fraudulent Security Program
File Behavior
DIVXCONFIG.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Adds products to the system registry
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- 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
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Injects code into other processes
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
DIVXCONFIG.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
Country Of Origin
The filename DIVXCONFIG.EXE was first seen on May 12 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- on May 12 2007
- Slovenia on May 12 2007
- The United Kingdom on Sep 6 2010
- Ukraine on May 21 2012
File Name Aliases
DIVXCONFIG.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 65261487.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 139,264 bytes
- 69,632 bytes
- 143,360 bytes
- 53,248 bytes
- 98,999 bytes
File Type
The filename DIVXCONFIG.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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