SS3DFO.SCR

Malicious Software

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Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:

Malicious Software

File Behavior

SS3DFO.SCR has been seen to perform the following behavior:

Executes a Process
Adds products to the system registry
Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
This process creates other processes on disk
Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
Creates new folders on the system

SS3DFO.SCR has been the subject of the following behavior:

Executed as a Process
Terminated as a Process
Created as a process on disk
Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Deleted as a process from disk

Country Of Origin

The filename SS3DFO.SCR was first seen on Jun 17 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

Netherlands on Jun 17 2007
Iran, Islamic Republic of on Jun 17 2007
Romania on Mar 13 2008
Italy on Jun 30 2008
The United Kingdom on Aug 20 2010

File Name Aliases

SS3DFO.SCR can also use the following file names:

TROPICAL DREAM SCREENSAVER.SCR
88263998.SCR

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

7,931,392 bytes
861,039 bytes
882,132 bytes
704,512 bytes
782,336 bytes
716,800 bytes

File Type

The filename SS3DFO.SCR refers to many versions of an executable program.

File Activity

One or more files with the name SS3DFO.SCR creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:

Creates c:\windows\system32\d3d8caps.dat

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