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SETLANG.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
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
SETLANG.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
- 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
- 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
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Adds products to the system registry
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
SETLANG.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
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename SETLANG.EXE was first seen on May 21 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on May 21 2008
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on Apr 14 2010
- The United Kingdom on Apr 14 2010
- Turkey on May 24 2012
File Name Aliases
SETLANG.EXE can also use the following file names:
- 38739515.EXE
- 01954479.EXE
- 16432436.EXE
- 27524546.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 443,080 bytes
- 94,592 bytes
- 42,053 bytes
- 436,280 bytes
- 392,130 bytes
- 211,922 bytes
- 589,990 bytes
File Type
The filename SETLANG.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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