Prevx Research Division
DSSM.EXE
Fraudulent Security ProgramFree PC Cleanup from Webroot
Use Webroot SecureAnywhere to remove DSSM.EXE.
"Just when you thought it couldn't get any better or faster. The Webroot scanning engine is 'high octane' with a hidden nitrous oxide system. Bravo!!!" W. Lodzinski, SecureAnywhere User
Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
DSSM.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- 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
- Injects code into other processes
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
DSSM.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 DSSM.EXE was first seen on May 27 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Italy on May 27 2007
- Uruguay on Jun 15 2007
- Vietnam on Nov 21 2010
- The United Kingdom on Dec 7 2010
- Turkey on May 25 2012
File Name Aliases
DSSM.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 65595078.EXE
- 88351709.SVD
- 39856212.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 143,176 bytes
- 95,232 bytes
- 284,628 bytes
- 187,776 bytes
- 199,512 bytes
- 241,720 bytes
- 167,992 bytes
File Type
The filename DSSM.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
Help the Webroot Community to fight cyber crime
We are always looking for ways to improve the quality and speed of research to help us protect you from malicious software and cyber crime.
PCMag.com Editors' Choice Award Logo is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Used under license.