File Behavior
LAUNCHPAD.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Terminates Processes
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Adds products to the system registry
- Communicates with other computers using FTP connections
LAUNCHPAD.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed by Internet Explorer
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename LAUNCHPAD.EXE was first seen on Jun 20 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- France on Jun 20 2007
- Spain on Jun 20 2007
- Europe on Jul 12 2007
- Sweden on Jul 12 2007
- on Mar 17 2008
- The United States on Sep 3 2008
- Turkey on May 24 2012
File Name Aliases
LAUNCHPAD.EXE can also use the following file names:
- LAUNCHPAD[1].EXE
- LAUNCHPADCRACKED.EXE
- DOTNETFX20.EXE
- LAUNCHPAD2.EXE
- TEMPLAUNCHPAD.EXE
- L26Q0MR5.EXE
- DOCUMENTS AND SETTIN
- _AUNCHPAD.EXE
- 39965465.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 1,167,360 bytes
- 1,089,536 bytes
- 790,528 bytes
- 1,048,576 bytes
- 4,616,192 bytes
- 189,704 bytes
- 4,657,152 bytes
File Type
The filename LAUNCHPAD.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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