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.?AVexception AVbad_alloc AVtype_info

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Hey guys,

have you seen anything like this? What are these AVexception, AVtype_info, AVbad_alloc strings?

I was not able to come up with a explanation with Google, a few malware analyiser site also have these strings at specific executables, but no specific answer for these.

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asked 10 Sep '15, 03:42

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edited 10 Sep '15, 03:43

Is this a Wireshark question? We'd normally expect to see some packets rather than a hexdump.

(10 Sep '15, 04:39) grahamb ♦

Can you share a capture in a publicly accessible spot, e.g. CloudShark?

(10 Sep '15, 04:43) Jaap ♦

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My guess is that it's a "mangled" symbol name in an executable image; see these linker error messages, for example. "bad_alloc", "type_info", and "exception" are all names in C++'s standard library.

If this is a packet capture, it's probably an executable image file being downloaded, and that's part of the image file's symbol table.

If this isn't a packet capture, it's not really a Wireshark question....

answered 10 Sep '15, 17:37

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