Prevx Research Division
"SMILEYCENTRAL[1].EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
SMILEYCENTRAL[1].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- 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
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Injects code into other processes
- Adds products to the system registry
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
SMILEYCENTRAL[1].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
Country Of Origin
The filename SMILEYCENTRAL[1].EXE was first seen on Jul 16 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Brazil on Jul 16 2010
- India on Jul 16 2010
- The United Kingdom on Sep 8 2010
- Ireland on Sep 28 2010
- The United States on Sep 28 2010
- South Africa on Sep 30 2010
File Name Aliases
SMILEYCENTRAL[1].EXE can also use the following file names:
- OURBABYMAKER[1].EXE
- MYFUNCARDSBAR[1].EXE
- MYFUNCARDSBAR.EXE
- FILMFANATIC[1].EXE
- OURBABYMAKER.EXE
- MYFUNCARDS.EXE
- FILMFANATIC.EXE
- FILMFANATIC(1).EXE
- OURBABYMAKER(1).EXE
- SMILEYCENTRAL.EXE
- SMILEYCENTRAL(1).EXE
- SMILEYCENTRAL_2.EXE
- KA_7XROO.EXE.PART
- TVRTRW22.EXE.PART
- $R9ZONIG.EXE
- 82257369.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 144,960 bytes
- 211,016 bytes
- 114,929 bytes
- 210,496 bytes
- 136,272 bytes
- 137,593 bytes
File Type
The filename SMILEYCENTRAL[1].EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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