Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
TORTA.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Terminates Processes
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This process creates other processes on disk
- 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
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Adds products to the system registry
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- 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
- Disables safe mode on your PC
- Injects code into other processes
- Creates new folders on the system
TORTA.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
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename TORTA.EXE was first seen on Dec 18 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- South Africa on Dec 18 2009
- Honduras on Dec 18 2009
- The United States on Dec 19 2009
- Italy on Dec 21 2009
- Belarus on Dec 22 2009
- Croatia on May 19 2010
- The United Kingdom on May 19 2010
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 143,872 bytes
- 143,360 bytes
- 212,992 bytes
- 315,392 bytes
File Type
The filename TORTA.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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