Prevx Research Division
"USRPROT.EXE"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
USRPROT.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds products to the system registry
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Executes a Process
- Terminates Processes
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Injects code into other processes
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
USRPROT.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- 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 USRPROT.EXE was first seen on Mar 17 2010 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Mexico on Mar 17 2010
- Romania on Mar 18 2010
- South Africa on Mar 18 2010
- Ireland on Mar 21 2010
- Italy on Mar 21 2010
- Canada on Mar 22 2010
- The United States on Mar 23 2010
- Turkey on Mar 23 2010
File Name Aliases
USRPROT.EXE can also use the following file names:
- USRPROT .EXE
- JUNK.EXE
- $RL4W3PN.EXE
- USRPROT.EXE-VIR
- 88402562.EXE
- 75674593.EXE
- 85689683.EXE
- 55081393.EXE
Filesizes
Files using the name USRPROT.EXE have been seen with the following file size:
- 2,355,200 bytes
File Type
The filename USRPROT.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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