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JETCHAT.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
JETCHAT.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- 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
- 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
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Disables safe mode on your PC
- 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
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
JETCHAT.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename JETCHAT.EXE was first seen on Jun 23 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on Jun 23 2007
- Ukraine on Jun 23 2007
- Hong Kong on Apr 1 2008
- Switzerland on Apr 22 2008
- South Africa on Apr 22 2008
- Turkey on Jun 11 2009
- Indonesia on Jun 11 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 17 2010
File Name Aliases
JETCHAT.EXE can also use the following file names:
- JCSERVER.EXE
- 11743622.EXE
- 14728055.EXE
- 81614403.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 34,804 bytes
- 196,608 bytes
- 126,976 bytes
- 69,691 bytes
- 167,936 bytes
- 111,104 bytes
- 69,632 bytes
File Type
The filename JETCHAT.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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