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"WINDOWS 7 LOADER.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
WINDOWS 7 LOADER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into the operating system function WINLOGON.EXE
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Injects code into other processes
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
WINDOWS 7 LOADER.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
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename WINDOWS 7 LOADER.EXE was first seen on Aug 24 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Aug 24 2009
- Mexico on Aug 26 2009
- Taiwan on Aug 30 2009
- Brazil on Sep 30 2009
- Italy on Nov 21 2009
- The United Kingdom on Dec 9 2009
- The United States on Aug 13 2010
- South Africa on May 23 2012
File Name Aliases
WINDOWS 7 LOADER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- INSTALAR.EXE
- WINDOWS7LOADER.EXE
- WINDOWS 7 LOADER [WWW.SOMNIU.NET].EXE
- WINDOWS 7 LOADER UP ALANROX33.EXE
- WINDOWS 7 LOADER UP NETDONIL.EXE
- WINDOWS 7 LOADER 2.09.EXE
- W7 LOADER UP.EXE
- QUICKTIME32.EXE
- QTTASK.EXE
- QUICKTIME.EXE
- WIN7LOADER.EXE
- WINDOWS 7 LOADER 1.7.7.EXE
- WINDOWS 7 LOADER 1.7.7 BY DAZ.EXE
- ACTIVATION64.EXE
- 13634944.EXE
- 58674555.EXE
- 01057859.EXE
- 83488853.EXE
- 44006153.EXE
- 33930799.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 2,429,868 bytes
- 2,235,572 bytes
- 700,416 bytes
- 1,807,835 bytes
- 2,199,375 bytes
- 3,330,048 bytes
- 2,341,242 bytes
- 1,878,767 bytes
File Type
The filename WINDOWS 7 LOADER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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