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PACKAGER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
PACKAGER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Uses your PC to connect to Chat rooms
- Executes a Process
- Includes file creation code which could be used to test for interception by security products
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Adds products to the system registry
PACKAGER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Executed as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename PACKAGER.EXE was first seen on May 31 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- India on May 31 2007
- South Africa on May 31 2007
- Europe on Jun 6 2007
- Singapore on Mar 16 2008
- Korea, Republic of on Oct 10 2008
- Spain on Dec 27 2008
- on Dec 28 2008
- Brazil on Dec 28 2008
- The United States on May 20 2012
File Name Aliases
PACKAGER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- MSIEXEC.EXE
- MSIMN.EXE
- Ë°”̓• Í™”Ë©´
- 86478141
- 96307468
- 8CB71AA8-70FA-471D-8055-2B6D2DEDEADE
- 77172382.SVD
- 89273257.TXT
- 99798995.EXE
- 98606106.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 64,000 bytes
- 69,632 bytes
- 146,699 bytes
- 53,248 bytes
- 77,824 bytes
- 2,981,888 bytes
- 63,488 bytes
- 434,176 bytes
- 33,792 bytes
File Type
The filename PACKAGER.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name PACKAGER.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- create folder C:\WINDOWS\uninstall\
- Creates c:\windows\uninstall\rundl132.exe
- Creates c:\windows\Logo1_.exe
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\$$aB.bat
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\$$aB.bat
- Creates c:\_desktop.ini
- Creates c:\windows\RichDll.dll
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