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MESSAGE.PIF
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
MESSAGE.PIF has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- This Process sends MIME Email
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Copies files
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
MESSAGE.PIF has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename MESSAGE.PIF was first seen on Aug 6 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Aug 6 2007
- The United States on Aug 6 2007
- South Africa on Dec 20 2010
File Name Aliases
MESSAGE.PIF can also use the following file names:
- TEXT.SCR
- ICQ 4 LITE.SHAREREACTOR.COM
- LSASS.EXE
- WINAMP 5.0 (EN).EXE
- WINRAR.V.3.2.AND.KEY.EXE
- WINAMP 5.0 (EN).COM
- ICQ 4 LITE.EXE
- INDEX.COM
- WINAMP 5.0 (EN) CRACK.COM
- WINAMP 5.0 (EN).SHAREREACTOR.COM
- WINAMP 5.0 (EN) CRACK.EXE
- WINAMP 5.0 (EN) CRACK.SHAREREACTOR.COM
- HARRY POTTER.COM
- WINRAR.V.3.2.AND.KEY.COM
- ICQ 4 LITE.COM
- HARRY POTTER.EXE
- WINRAR.V.3.2.AND.KEY.SHAREREACTOR.COM
- INDEX.EXE
- KAZAA LITE.SHAREREACTOR.COM
- KAZAA LITE.COM
- INDEX.SHAREREACTOR.COM
- KAZAA LITE.EXE
- HARRY POTTER.SHAREREACTOR.COM
- 25294433.AC
- 05127363.EXE
- 10826884.SCR
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 28,864 bytes
- 108,544 bytes
- 22,020 bytes
File Type
The filename MESSAGE.PIF refers to many versions of an executable program.
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