Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
SMART_VR.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Enables the system to use a Communications Proxy Server
- Adds products to the system registry
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Injects code into other processes
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Terminates Processes
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
SMART_VR.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename SMART_VR.EXE was first seen on Sep 14 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Turkey on Sep 14 2008
- Namibia on Oct 21 2008
- Philippines on May 11 2009
- Romania on Dec 2 2009
- Egypt on Dec 2 2009
- Australia on Mar 7 2010
- Saudi Arabia on Mar 7 2010
- The United Kingdom on May 1 2010
- Ireland on Jan 17 2012
File Name Aliases
SMART_VR.EXE can also use the following file names:
- SMART_VR(RE ENABLE FOLDER OPTION AND TASKMANAGER).EXE
- SMART_VR1.EXE
- NEWFOLDER-FUNNY-UST-SCANDAL-VIRUS-REMOVER[1].EXE
- SMART_VR (HIDDEN FILE & NEW FOLDER).EXE
- AUTORUN_SMART_VR.EXE
- MALWARE REMOVER.EXE
- VIRüS TEMIZLER(NEWFOLDER VIRüSü).EXE
- SMART_VR REMOVE NEWFOLDER.EXE
- SMARTVIRUSREMOVER.EXE
- SMART_VIRUS_REMOVER.EXE
- FOLDER OPTION VIRUS REMOVEL.EXE
- SMART_VR_1.43.1_PROGRAM.EXE
- SMART VIRUS REMOVER .EXE
- SMART_VIRUS REMOVER.EXE
- SMART VIRUS REMOVER 1.4.EXE
- SMART_VR[1].EXE
- SMART_VR (1).EXE
- SMART VIRUS REMOVER 2.0.0.0.EXE
- SMART_VR(1).EXE
- SMART_VIRUSREMOVER.EXE
- SMART VIRüS REMOVER 2.0.EXE
- SMART_VR_2.EXE
- SMART VIRUS REMOVER.HTM
- SMART VIRUS REMOVER.EXE
- SMART_VR(n).EXE
- NEWFOLDER-FUNNY-UST-SCANDAL-VIRUS-REMOVER.EXE
- SMART_VR 1.43.2.EXE
- RESTOR HIDDEN FOLDER.EXE
- NEWFOLDER-FUNNY-UST-SCANDAL-VIRUS-REMOVER[n].EXE
- GIZLIDOSYAAC.EXE
- IF SHOW ALL FOLDER OPTION NOT WORKING INSTALL THIS SMART VIRUS REMOVER.EXE
- SMART VIRUS REMOVER 1.43.EXE
- SMART_VR[n].EXE
- DD1.EXE
- DD2.EXE
- 38447842.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 108,608 bytes
- 605,489 bytes
- 605,230 bytes
- 658,507 bytes
- 332,471 bytes
- 947,091 bytes
- 668,510 bytes
- 980,781 bytes
File Type
The filename SMART_VR.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,self extracting compressed files.
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