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Virus.Selfish.B

Posted: October 29, 2012

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 20
First Seen: October 19, 2011
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Virus.Selfish.B is a virus that can spread via spam email attachments. Virus.Selfish.B invades targeted Windows computers surreptitiously. Virus.Selfish.B hides itself on the compromised PC and, thus, id difficult to detect and remove by many security applications. Virus.Selfish.B may steal your confidential information such as login data and send it to remote attackers. Virus.Selfish.B can modify the Windows Registry, delete files, display fake pop-up alerts and create ports that link to remote servers. Virus.Selfish.B can take over genuine Windows processes, affect HTTP protocols, modify Firewall and other security programs that could help you detect and remove the virus. Virus.Selfish.B can also steal personal contacts, and use your accounts to send spam email messages to other PC users.

Aliases

W32/Selfish.E [Panda]Win32/Selfish.I [AVG]W32/Selfish.C [Fortinet]Virus.Win32.Selfish [Ikarus]Virus.Win32.Selfish.b (v) [Sunbelt]Win32/Selfish.C [AhnLab-V3]Virus:Win32/Selfish.B [Microsoft]Virus/Win32.Selfish.gen [Antiy-AVL]Win32/Selfish.A [eTrust-Vet]W32/Selfish-B [Sophos]TR/Dldr.Agent.atra [AntiVir]Win32.HLLP.Siggen.4 [DrWeb]Virus.Win32.Selfish.c0 [Comodo]Win32.Selfish.G [BitDefender]Virus.Win32.Selfish.c [Kaspersky]
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Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:



%WINDIR%\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe File name: xpnetdiag.exe
Size: 1.84 MB (1846784 bytes)
MD5: d5c13f6e20961698eff0f897d5798ecc
Detection count: 1
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\Network Diagnostic
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 20, 2011
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