Home Malware Programs Malware VirTool:Win32/CeeInject.gen!IP

VirTool:Win32/CeeInject.gen!IP

Posted: December 7, 2012

Threat Metric

Ranking: 4,277
Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 4,876
First Seen: December 7, 2012
Last Seen: October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

VirTool:Win32/CeeInject.gen!IP is a generic detection for malicious files that are covered using specific methods to protect them from detection or analysis. A malicious file is generally encrypted and/or compressed and stored inside another application, which decodes the malevolent file and loads it. The harmful application may be embedded into a clean process or loaded in a new process of its own. Unlike a 'dropper', the malicious executable is never written to disk as a separate file. Malicious programs detected as VirTool:Win32/CeeInject.gen!IP can have virtually any intention, as this method is used by many various malware families in the wild in an attempt to secure them from detection or analysis.

Loading...