File Investigation Report
PPS.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Cloaked Malware
File Behavior
PPS.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is polymorphic and can change its structure
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Executes a Process
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
PPS.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
Country Of Origin
The filename PPS.EXE was first seen on Nov 1 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Prevx community:
- GERMANY on Nov 1 2007
- AUSTRIA on Nov 1 2007
- NETHERLANDS on Nov 10 2007
- The EUROPEAN UNION on Jan 25 2009
- SPAIN on Mar 7 2009
File Name Aliases
PPS.EXE can also use the following file names:
- PIP[n].JPG
- AAAAA_4B904093F6421F358E382E6BFB9EAEE7.EXE
- PPS[n].EXE
- RRRR.EXE
- 98876522.DAT
- 65605699.EXE
- 56872935.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 22,066 bytes
- 63,488 bytes
- 98,304 bytes
- 3,072,000 bytes
- 360,448 bytes
File Type
The filename PPS.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,objects.
File Activity
One or more files with the name PPS.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\windows\system32\pps.dll
- Creates c:\windows\temp\00000c2c00000c40.ur
- Deletes c:\windows\temp\00000c2c00000c40.ur
- Creates c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\application data\microsoft\cryptneturlcache\metadata\A44F4E7CB3133FF765C39A53AD8FCFDD
- Creates c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\application data\microsoft\cryptneturlcache\content\A44F4E7CB3133FF765C39A53AD8FCFDD
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