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PROQUOTA.EXE
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- System Back Door
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
- Worm
File Behavior
PROQUOTA.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Executes a Process
- Copies files
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From 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
PROQUOTA.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
- Created by processes which appear to be checking for interception by security products
- Executed from Temporary Folders
Country Of Origin
The filename PROQUOTA.EXE was first seen on May 3 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on May 3 2007
- Spain on Aug 30 2007
- on Aug 30 2007
- The United States on Jun 2 2009
- Canada on Nov 18 2009
- Thailand on May 24 2012
File Name Aliases
PROQUOTA.EXE can also use the following file names:
- WPV381243340509.EXE
- WPV651243340509.EXE
- WPV521243340509.EXE
- WPV551243340509.EXE
- WPV361243340509.EXE
- WPV831243340509.EXE
- WPV871243340509.EXE
- WPV281243340509.EXE
- WPV791243340509.EXE
- WPV541243340509.EXE
- WPV801243340509.EXE
- WPV111243340509.EXE
- WPV591243340509.EXE
- WPV671243340509.EXE
- WPV611243340509.EXE
- WPV481243340509.EXE
- WPV681243340509.EXE
- WPV261243340509.EXE
- WPV901243340509.EXE
- WPV181243340509.EXE
- WPV141243340509.EXE
- WPV951243340509.EXE
- WPV061243340509.EXE
- WPV961243340509.EXE
- WPV641243340509.EXE
- WPV721243340509.EXE
- WPV561243340509.EXE
- WPV911243340509.EXE
- WPV301243340509.EXE
- WPV311243340509.EXE
- WPV941243340509.EXE
- WPV291243340509.EXE
- WPV431243340509.EXE
- WPV531243340509.EXE
- WPV781243340509.EXE
- WPV661243340509.EXE
- A60DFC48.EXE
- 69.TMP
- DC.TMP
- ~TM6E.TMP
- ~TM5F2E.TMP
- ~TM26.TMP
- ~TM81EC3F.TMP
- ~TM8.TMP
- ~TM1A5.TMP
- ~TM18FD.TMP
- ~TM41.TMP
- 8181C51C.EXE
- 21783955.DAT
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 42,496 bytes
- 36,352 bytes
- 54,272 bytes
- 50,176 bytes
- 77,824 bytes
- 52,224 bytes
- 35,840 bytes
- 164,352 bytes
File Type
The filename PROQUOTA.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name PROQUOTA.EXE creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll to c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TM3.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TM3.tmp
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll to c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TM6.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TM6.tmp
- Copies filec:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll to c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TM9.tmp
- Deletes c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TM9.tmp
- Copies filec:\8930125.exe to c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TM81EC3F.TMP
- Moves c:\8930125.exe to c:\docume~1\jim\locals~1\temp\~TMD.tmp
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