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DSCONFIG.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
DSCONFIG.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Executes a Process
- Injects code into other processes
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- 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
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
DSCONFIG.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename DSCONFIG.EXE was first seen on Mar 25 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Mar 25 2008
- Turkey on Jun 23 2008
- Poland on Jun 23 2008
- Thailand on Apr 1 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 21 2010
File Name Aliases
DSCONFIG.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 84119511.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 376,832 bytes
- 315,392 bytes
- 385,024 bytes
- 351,744 bytes
- 416,070 bytes
- 248,832 bytes
File Type
The filename DSCONFIG.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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