There are many documented ways to use legitimate applications to download stuff from the net.<\/p>\n
Here are two more:<\/p>\n
when executed they will download the file pointed by URLs, save them to the browser cache folder e.g.\u00a0%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows\\INetCache\\IE, and .. fail playing them as media.<\/p>\n
But the files will remain on the system…<\/p>\n
The first one is a pretty obvious one –\u00a0 it’s just a Windows Media Player and it’s present natively on many systems.<\/p>\n
The second one – FlashPla.exe – is your good ol’ Adobe Flash Player; you will find it all over the place as it’s being shipped with many drivers and tools accompanying various peripheral devices. It may not be called FlashPla (another name I came across is CL_Gallery.exe, FlashPlayer.exe, cs3flashplayer.exe,SAFlashPlayer.exe), but it’s pretty easy to find.<\/p>\n
Example locations:<\/p>\n
Both players open windows and are pretty noisy (e.g. in Registry), but it’s always worth documenting the possibilities…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are many documented ways to use legitimate applications to download stuff from the net. Here are two more: wmplayer.exe <URL> FlashPla.exe <URL> when executed they will download the file pointed by URLs, save them to the browser cache folder … Continue reading