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MWSSRCSP.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- Malware Downloader
File Behavior
MWSSRCSP.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Creation and Registers a Browser Helper Object in Internet Explorer
- Enables an In Process Object/Server - Common with DLL Injections
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Adds products to the system registry
- Changes the Internet Explorer Search Page
- Executes a Process
MWSSRCSP.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed from Temporary Folders
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
Country Of Origin
The filename MWSSRCSP.EXE was first seen on May 15 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Canada on May 15 2007
- on May 15 2007
- Europe on Jun 4 2007
- South Africa on Jun 4 2007
- The United States on Jun 13 2007
- Peru on Mar 21 2008
- Uruguay on Mar 21 2008
File Name Aliases
MWSSRCSP.EXE can also use the following file names:
- DEVICE
- 06806359.DAT
- 11360118.EXE
- 81339714.DAT
- 87417559.EX_
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 84,476 bytes
- 77,824 bytes
- 86,016 bytes
File Type
The filename MWSSRCSP.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name MWSSRCSP.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- create folder C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch
- create folder C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch\SrchAstt
- create folder C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch\SrchAstt\
- create folder C:\Program Files\MyWebSearch\SrchAstt\1.bin\
- Creates c:\program files\mywebsearch\srchastt\1.bin\MWSSRCAS.DLL
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