MWSSRCAS.DLL

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Associated Malware Groups

The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:

Adware

File Behavior

MWSSRCAS.DLL has been seen to perform the following behavior:

Executes a Process
Changes the Internet Explorer Search Page
Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
Registers a Dynamic Link Libray (DLL) File
Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
This process creates other processes on disk

MWSSRCAS.DLL has been the subject of the following behavior:

Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
Enabled as an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
Created and Registered as a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
Created as a process on disk
Deleted as a process from disk
Executed as a Process
Registered as a Dynamic Link Libray (DLL) File

Country Of Origin

The filename MWSSRCAS.DLL was first seen on May 5 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:

Germany on May 5 2007
Singapore on May 5 2007
The United States on May 8 2007
Japan on Jun 2 2007
France on Jun 2 2007
South Africa on May 21 2012

File Name Aliases

MWSSRCAS.DLL can also use the following file names:

MYWEBSEARCH/SRCHASTT/2.BIN/MWSSRCAS.DLL
BACKUP-20070225-125118-969.DLL
BACKUP-20070615-163516-181.DLL
BACKUP-20070201-134010-863.DLL
BACKUP-20070427-112523-279.DLL
BACKUP-20070620-161011-447.DLL
BACKUP-20070621-184308-788.DLL
BACKUP-20070625-135147-945.DLL
BACKUP-20070608-100547-812.DLL
BACKUP-20070421-115500-274.DLL
DBGHELP.DLL
DC2.DLL
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MWSSRCAS.DLL.Q_1EFAE000_Q
10025.QIT
10082.QIT
DC7.DLL

Filesizes

The following file size has been seen:

61,440 bytes
54,704 bytes
57,344 bytes

File Type

The filename MWSSRCAS.DLL refers to many versions of a dynamic link library.

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