"WINHITF.EXE"

File Behavior

WINHITF.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• 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
• Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
• Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
• Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
• Adds products to the system registry
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
• Executes a Process
• Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
• This process creates other processes on disk
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
• Terminates Processes

WINHITF.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
• Terminated as a Process