"HERSS.EXE"

File Behavior

HERSS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:

• The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
• Hooks the WININET.DLL function allowing it to read or copy Http and Https web page content and session information
• Executes a Process
• Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
• This process creates other processes on disk
• This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
• Copies files
• Injects code into other processes
• Performs DNS look ups to resolve URL IP addresses
• Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
• Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
• Violates Windows/Vista Physical Memory Protection allowing it to look inside the data areas of other programs
• Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products

HERSS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:

• Executed as a Process
• Deleted as a process from disk
• Copied to multiple locations on the system
• Created as a process on disk
• Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
• Executed from Temporary Folders
• Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
• Terminated as a Process
• Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
• This program is often downloaded from the web