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LAUNCH.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
LAUNCH.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Creates new folders on the system
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Adds products to the system registry
- Enables a COM Object/Server on the Local Machine
- This Process uses Anti Dissasembly Tricks to avoid analysis by security products
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- This Process Contains User Mode Rootkit Functionality and can hide itself from the running process list
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Disables Access to the Windows Registry Editior
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Disables Access to the Task Manager built into Windows
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
LAUNCH.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
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename LAUNCH.EXE was first seen on May 22 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Italy on May 22 2007
- Netherlands on Mar 31 2008
- Europe on Mar 31 2008
- France on Dec 2 2008
- Spain on Jan 11 2009
- Russian Federation on Jan 11 2009
- The United States on Feb 22 2010
- The United Kingdom on Feb 22 2010
- Vietnam on Sep 10 2010
- Turkey on May 25 2012
File Name Aliases
LAUNCH.EXE can also use the following file names:
- DR.WEB.EXE
- OPM2.EXE
- OXYGEN.EXE
- CUREIT.EXE
- DRWEB-CUREIT.EXE
- LAUNCHTEST.EXE
- LAUNCH240409.EXE
- LAUNCH(1).EXE
- DR.WEB CUREIT 5 LAUNCH.EXE
- 5 - LAUNCH.EXE
- DC21.EXE
- DC32.EXE
- 32680895.EXE
- 95008832.EXE
- 29304677.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 2,007,040 bytes
- 12,001,672 bytes
- 745,472 bytes
- 4,421 bytes
- 85,793,288 bytes
- 749,568 bytes
- 13,739,376 bytes
- 507,904 bytes
- 806,912 bytes
File Type
The filename LAUNCH.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects,objects.
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