Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
MSPUB.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Executes a Process
- The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
MSPUB.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- The process is hooked into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
- Changes to the file command map within the registry
Country Of Origin
The filename MSPUB.EXE was first seen on Aug 14 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- Maldives on Aug 14 2007
- India on Aug 14 2007
- France on Sep 8 2007
- Morocco on Sep 8 2007
- The United States on Jan 18 2008
- The United Kingdom on Jan 8 2010
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 2,241,808 bytes
- 9,759,192 bytes
- 6,747,480 bytes
- 3,451,448 bytes
- 53,311 bytes
- 9,655,088 bytes
- 9,656,657 bytes
- 5,841,967 bytes
File Type
The filename MSPUB.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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