File Investigation Report
MSN.DLL
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malware Downloader
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
MSN.DLL has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This Process sends MIME Email
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
MSN.DLL has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Enabled as an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Executed as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
Country Of Origin
The filename MSN.DLL was first seen on May 17 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- The United States on May 17 2007
- South Africa on May 17 2007
- Italy on Oct 15 2007
- Canada on Oct 15 2007
- Spain on Dec 21 2007
- Europe on Dec 21 2007
- France on Nov 18 2009
- Colombia on Nov 18 2009
File Name Aliases
MSN.DLL can also use the following file names:
- MADDR.DLL
- PLUGINS/MSN.DLL
- MSN.EXE
- DD43592.DLL
- 83566756.DL
- 42402975.DAT
- 31655269.DAT
- 25616684.DAT
- 02882272.EXE
- 51718304.DLL
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 245,351 bytes
- 503,808 bytes
- 18,432 bytes
- 344,126 bytes
- 229,961 bytes
- 170,618 bytes
- 13,824 bytes
- 77,355 bytes
File Type
The filename MSN.DLL is used by multiple object types including Dynamic Link LIbraries,executable programs.
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