"SECFIL.EXE"

File Behavior

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

• 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
• Disables the built in Windows File Protection System
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Executes a Process
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Injects code into other processes
• Copies files
• Modifies firewall settings, without user permission so it is not blocked from accessing the Internet
• Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
• Uses Instant Messaging to communicate without the user's knowledge
• Uses embeded Instant Message Channel Settings
• 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
• Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
• Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols

SECFIL.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
• Terminated as a Process
• Copied to multiple locations on the system