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MICROSOFT MSN.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
MICROSOFT MSN.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From 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
- Injects code into other processes
MICROSOFT MSN.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename MICROSOFT MSN.EXE was first seen on Jun 24 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- South Africa on Jun 24 2008
- Spain on Jul 28 2008
- The United Kingdom on Jan 30 2009
- Europe on Oct 7 2009
- Bahrain on Feb 23 2010
- Iraq on Apr 11 2010
- Zambia on Sep 28 2010
File Name Aliases
MICROSOFT MSN.EXE can also use the following file names:
- {67E7B446-F366-4343-9738-8DF9C1BD48C5}-MICROSOFT MSN.EXE
- {784B1495-18E9-4A07-86F0-071DB0045654}-MICROSOFT MSN.EXE
- 91323872.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 110,461 bytes
- 153,593 bytes
- 154,971 bytes
- 155,491 bytes
- 155,081 bytes
- 242,031 bytes
- 229,743 bytes
- 161,195 bytes
File Type
The filename MICROSOFT MSN.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name MICROSOFT MSN.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes d:\autorun.inf
- Moves d:\1.taz to d:\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\autorun.inf
- Moves c:\1.taz to c:\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\autorun.inf
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\zPharaoh.exe
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