MSNMSGR .EXE

File Behavior

MSNMSGR .EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
• This process creates other processes on disk
• Executes a Process
• The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
• Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
• Injects code into other processes
• Copies files
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Creates, modifies or schedules batch jobs
• Creates, registers ot modifies and SMTP Server

MSNMSGR .EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
• Executed as a Process
• Copied to multiple locations on the system
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Created as a process on disk