WINSELF.EXE - Dangerous

What you should do about WINSELF.EXE:

Your PC may be infected. The presence of a file called WINSELF.EXE is a possible sign of infection.

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What we know about WINSELF.EXE:

The filename WINSELF.EXE was first seen on Apr 4 2008 in The UNITED KINGDOM. It has also been seen in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:

  • NETHERLANDS on Apr 4 2008
  • SPAIN on Apr 25 2008
  • The UNITED STATES on Jun 7 2008
The filename WINSELF.EXE refers to many versions of an object.

The most common file size is 49,158 bytes. But the following file sizes have also been seen:

  • 70,152 bytes
  • 20,992 bytes
  • 29,696 bytes
  • 25,857 bytes
  • 23,048 bytes

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group TROJAN.PANDEX.

 These files have no vendor, product or version information specified in the file header.

WINSELF.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior(s):

  • The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
  • This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
  • Executes a Process
  • Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
  • Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
  • This Process Creates Other Processes On Disk
  • Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
  • Registers a Dynamic Link Library File

WINSELF.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior(s):

  • Created as a process on disk
  • Executed as a Process
  • Created as a new Background Service on the machine
  • Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
  • Copied to multiple locations on the system
  • Deleted as a process from disk
  • Terminated as a Process

WINSELF.EXE can also use the following file names:

  • 76636218.SVD
  • EVIIQMLR.EXE
  • SYSTIME
  • 82748827.SVD
  • 444.0
  • 21708216.EXE
  • 61881278.0
  • WJFBALB.TMP
  • 96358082.0
  • 52511569.0
  • 444.471
  • 444.BAD
  • 62564862.SVD
  • ETZFBOC.TMP

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