Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Information Stealer
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Malicious Software
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
MSSRV32.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses rootkit techniques to conceal its presence, interrogation or removal
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Copies files
- Injects code into other processes
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Creates or uses a background service to access the Internet using HTTP protocols
MSSRV32.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Registered as a Dynamic Link Library File
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename MSSRV32.EXE was first seen on May 31 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Italy on May 31 2007
- Chile on May 31 2007
- Germany on Jul 10 2007
- Canada on Jul 10 2007
- France on Aug 16 2007
- Netherlands on Sep 30 2009
- Philippines on Nov 5 2009
- Greece on Feb 24 2010
- Malaysia on Feb 24 2010
- India on Mar 24 2010
- The United States on Mar 24 2010
- Turkey on May 8 2012
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 24,064 bytes
- 1,603,072 bytes
- 15,974 bytes
- 43,008 bytes
- 131,072 bytes
- 47,104 bytes
- 147,456 bytes
- 15,982 bytes
File Type
The filename MSSRV32.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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