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CLIENT[1].EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
CLIENT[1].EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Terminates Processes
- Injects code into other processes
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
CLIENT[1].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
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename CLIENT[1].EXE was first seen on Mar 29 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Algeria on Mar 29 2008
- on Apr 4 2008
- Spain on Apr 4 2008
- Sweden on May 21 2010
- Australia on Jun 13 2010
- Poland on Jun 13 2010
- Italy on Sep 1 2010
- South Africa on Sep 1 2010
- Taiwan on Mar 13 2012
File Name Aliases
CLIENT[1].EXE can also use the following file name:
- CLIENT.EXE
- CLIENT_001.EXE
- CLIENT_002.EXE
- ONST.EXE
- RUBISH.EXE
- D27561HP7561A.EXE
- NEWSTAT1_263.EXE
- D.EXE
- 62583424
- 86220063
- 73313248
- 567.EXE
- 096.EXE
- 87942.EXE
- 419983.EXE
- 09860563.DAT
- 22403469.EXE
- 65879187.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 54,784 bytes
- 89,600 bytes
- 69,120 bytes
- 143,360 bytes
- 374,955 bytes
- 1,286,144 bytes
- 7,308,367 bytes
File Type
The filename CLIENT[1].EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name CLIENT[1].EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\system32\drivers\msoft98.sys
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\_it.bat
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