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SD.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
SD.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Changes the Internet Explorer Home Page Settings
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Injects code into other processes
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Downloads program file(s) and other content from the web
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
- 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
SD.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename SD.EXE was first seen on May 12 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Belgium on May 12 2007
- Chile on Jul 8 2007
- Romania on Jul 10 2007
- Norway on Jul 10 2007
- Spain on Jul 23 2009
- on Jul 23 2009
- Russian Federation on Oct 18 2009
- Portugal on Nov 7 2009
- Peru on Nov 21 2009
- Brazil on Nov 21 2009
- Netherlands on Jan 23 2012
File Name Aliases
SD.EXE can also use the following file names:
- WINIOGON.EXE
- SPOOISV.EXE
- SERVICEDAEMON.EXE
- SERVICE.EXE
- TU.EXE.EXE
- WMISPVC.EXE
- DPLGNI~1.EXE
- YY.EXE.EXE
- O8|820D0868D20C64A6BC677049F50524DB.EXE
- XC.EXE.EXE
- GC.EXE.EXE
- FQ.EXE.EXE
- YQ.EXE.EXE
- RP.EXE.EXE
- SD.EXE.EXE
- MX.EXE.EXE
- CQก-T.EXE
- CQ-T.EXE
- BG.EXE.EXE
- US.EXE.EXE
- CR.EXE.EXE
- PS.EXE.EXE
- IW.EXE.EXE
- JH.EXE.EXE
- XP.EXE.EXE
- RS.EXE.EXE
- OP.EXE
- IW.EXE
- SD.ERE
- CR.EXE
- PZ.EXE
- SE.EXE
- FM.EXE
- HH.EXE
- GG.EXE
- LE.EXE
- OW.EXE
- QI.EXE
- QU.EXE
- KP.EXE
- ES.EXE
- YR.EXE
- DU.EXE
- AJ.EXE
- GE.EXE
- MW.EXE
- TV.EXE
- BP.EXE
- LL.EXE
- GV.EXE
- ZY.EXE
- IH.EXE
- GR.EXE
- IT.EXE
- SS.EXE
- XG.EXE
- AZ.EXE
- HM.EXE
- WK.EXE
- DQ.EXE
- EB.EXE
- FH.EXE
- DB.EXE
- LY.EXE
- UV.EXE
- BL.EXE
- GA.EXE
- LJ.EXE
- IA.EXE
- CS.EXE
- QG.EXE
- AY.EXE
- NW.EXE
- ZE.EXE
- IZ.EXE
- JE.EXE
- VJ.EXE
- WB.EXE
- QQ.EXE
- UM.EXE
- ZR.EXE
- DX.EXE
- NS.EXE
- ZA.EXE
- LT.EXE
- ZN.EXE
- DD.EXE
- CO.EXE
- VE.EXE
- FD.EXE
- BG.EXE
- JZ.EXE
- ED.EXE
- ZL.EXE
- UI.EXE
- QL.EXE
- IV.EXE
- EW.EXE
- ZF.EXE
- M4|67511754.EXE
- M4|45896059.EXE
- 06723383.DAT
- 66124069.EXE
- 74906637.EXE
- 21226416.EXE
- 69464982.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 38,450 bytes
- 108,280 bytes
- 65,536 bytes
- 68,033 bytes
- 63,128 bytes
- 45,056 bytes
- 121,856 bytes
- 66,941 bytes
File Type
The filename SD.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name SD.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\Microsof
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\Crypt
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\crypto\RS
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\crypto\rsa\S-1-5-21-3883139891-1472325935-3916570647-100
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