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MSINET.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
MSINET.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
MSINET.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
Country Of Origin
The filename MSINET.EXE was first seen on Aug 28 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Aug 28 2007
- on Apr 22 2008
- France on Jun 26 2008
- Europe on Aug 13 2008
- Canada on Aug 13 2008
- Russian Federation on Sep 21 2008
- on Jan 20 2009
- Turkey on Apr 28 2012
File Name Aliases
MSINET.EXE can also use the following file names:
- UPDS2.EXE
- UPDS2[1].EXE
- DRSMARTLOAD299A[1].EXE
- POLENOC.EXE
- RDL1.TMP
- POLENOC[n].EXE
- FRWUPDATE[1].EXE
- ~.EXE
- 26.TMP
- 01C8FD47218F4720_UPDS2[1]_EXE.PE
- 01C8FD472190CE50_UPDS2_EXE.PE
- 9B1.TMP
- 40625283.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 109,655 bytes
- 48,128 bytes
- 17,408 bytes
- 197,220 bytes
- 16,384 bytes
- 15,360 bytes
- 17,952 bytes
- 19,968 bytes
File Type
The filename MSINET.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name MSINET.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\LstConfig.Dat
- Copies filec:\8213040.exe to c:\windows\system32\MsInet.exe
- Creates c:\windows\system32\LstDll.dll
- Copies filec:\LstConfig.Dat to c:\windows\system32\LstConfig.Dat
- Creates c:\windows\system32\Deleteme.bat
- Creates c:\windows\system32\LstConfig.Dat
- Deletes c:\8213040.ex
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