File Investigation Report
OPERATOR.EXE
Information StealerIt is possible that your PC could be infected. The file name OPERATOR.EXE is used by both safe and unsafe programs.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Information Stealer
File Behavior
OPERATOR.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
OPERATOR.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename OPERATOR.EXE was first seen on Dec 22 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Europe on Dec 22 2007
- China on Dec 22 2007
- The United States on Mar 13 2008
- Spain on Jun 12 2008
- Germany on Jun 12 2008
- Belgium on Aug 29 2008
- Estonia on Mar 10 2010
File Name Aliases
OPERATOR.EXE can also use the following file names:
- OPERATOR/OPERATOR.EXE
- OPERATOR3.EXE
- 21221983.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 242,255 bytes
- 2,572,288 bytes
- 2,341,888 bytes
- 241,646 bytes
- 2,560,000 bytes
- 250,967 bytes
File Type
The filename OPERATOR.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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