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SELFCERT.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
SELFCERT.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Executes a Process
- 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
- Injects code into other processes
- Adds products to the system registry
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
SELFCERT.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Deleted as a process from disk
- 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
Country Of Origin
The filename SELFCERT.EXE was first seen on Jun 3 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Jun 3 2007
- The United States on May 21 2008
- Spain on Jan 21 2009
- Russian Federation on Jan 21 2009
- India on May 14 2010
- The United Kingdom on May 14 2010
- Vietnam on Nov 21 2010
- Turkey on May 24 2012
File Name Aliases
SELFCERT.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 58120754.EXE
- 55516262.EXE
- 51096359.TXT
- 44270231.SVD
- 15505013.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 61,440 bytes
- 77,992 bytes
- 573,320 bytes
- 131,072 bytes
- 69,632 bytes
- 426,348 bytes
File Type
The filename SELFCERT.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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