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LAUNCHER.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Worm
File Behavior
LAUNCHER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Communicates with other computers using FTP connections
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Opens browser pop ups
- Runs Javascript code
- Uses DNS to retrieve the IP address for web sites
- Uses hidden browser windows to connect to web sites without telling you
- Can communicate with other computers using TCP protocols
LAUNCHER.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
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
- Terminated as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
Country Of Origin
The filename LAUNCHER.EXE was first seen on Jul 11 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Indonesia on Jul 11 2007
- Spain on Jan 30 2008
- Europe on Jan 30 2008
- Russian Federation on Mar 21 2008
- The United Kingdom on Dec 5 2008
- Colombia on Jan 19 2009
- Turkey on May 25 2012
File Name Aliases
LAUNCHER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- LAUNCHER2.EXE
- LAUNCHER2[1].EXE
- LAUNCHER2[n].EXE
- Αντίγραφο από LAUNCHER2.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 618,496 bytes
- 1,326,592 bytes
- 622,592 bytes
- 4,850,094 bytes
- 1,326,080 bytes
- 2,363,559 bytes
- 507,392 bytes
File Type
The filename LAUNCHER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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