Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Malicious Software
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
WHERESPHERE.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds products to the system registry
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copies files
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
- Injects code into other processes
WHERESPHERE.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Country Of Origin
The filename WHERESPHERE.EXE was first seen on Oct 14 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on Oct 14 2009
- Europe on Oct 17 2009
- The United Kingdom on Oct 17 2009
- Turkey on Nov 5 2009
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 946,176 bytes
- 827,392 bytes
- 949,760 bytes
- 1,007,789 bytes
- 1,003,693 bytes
- 615,846 bytes
File Type
The filename WHERESPHERE.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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