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WMPSHARE.EXE
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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
WMPSHARE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
- Disables safe mode on your PC
- Injects code into other processes
- Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
WMPSHARE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename WMPSHARE.EXE was first seen on May 23 2008 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- South Africa on May 23 2008
- Italy on May 23 2008
- Spain on Nov 15 2008
- Brazil on Aug 6 2010
- The United Kingdom on Aug 6 2010
- Turkey on May 20 2012
File Name Aliases
WMPSHARE.EXE can also use the following file names:
- TMP2.TMP
- TMP3.TMP
- TMP4.TMP
- ßß
- 87979875.SVD
- 61710629.SVD
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 110,592 bytes
- 214,492 bytes
- 121,090 bytes
- 199,535 bytes
- 40,448 bytes
- 968,704 bytes
- 66,231 bytes
- 65,536 bytes
File Type
The filename WMPSHARE.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name WMPSHARE.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Deletes d:\autorun.in
- Moves d:\1.taz to d:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\autorun.in
- Moves c:\1.taz to c:\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\autorun.in
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\user\local settings\application data\microsoft\cd burning\zPharaoh.ex
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\9dfc_appcompat.txt
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\1A7F3.dmp
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\dr watson\drwtsn32.log
- Creates c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\dr watson\user.dmp
- Deletes c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\microsoft\dr watson\user.dmp
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