Prevx Research Division
"WMSYSPR9.PRX"
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Associated Malware Groups
The filename is associated with the malware groups:
- Cloaked Malware
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
WMSYSPR9.PRX has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Executes a Process
- This Process is a file infector which modifies program files to include a copy of the infection
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Copies files
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Drops known malicious software during execution
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
WMSYSPR9.PRX has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
Country Of Origin
The filename WMSYSPR9.PRX was first seen on Feb 12 2009 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- South Africa on Feb 12 2009
- Singapore on Aug 16 2009
- China on Aug 16 2009
- Europe on Sep 27 2009
- Taiwan on Oct 10 2009
- The United Kingdom on Nov 30 2009
File Name Aliases
WMSYSPR9.PRX can also use the following file names:
- BOOTSTATP.DAT
- HALGDSL.SKV
- HALGDSL.EXE
- 16169934.PRX
- 02765951.PRX
- 28676246.DAT
- 26193034.PRX
- 81588356.PRX
- 55313356.PRX
- 26839254.PRX
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 180,224 bytes
- 176,128 bytes
- 316,640 bytes
- 185,712 bytes
- 53,253 bytes
- 184,320 bytes
- 188,416 bytes
File Type
The filename WMSYSPR9.PRX refers to many versions of an executable program.
File Activity
One or more files with the name WMSYSPR9.PRX creates, deletes, copies or moves the following files and folders:
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\Launch Internet Explorer Browser.lnk
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\×àãæ\Internet Explorer.lnk
- Creates c:\documents and settings\user\¡¸¿ªê¼¡¹²ëµ¥\Internet Explorer.lnk
- Moves c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts to c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\hosts
- Moves c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\hosts to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
- Creates c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\yyyy.bat
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\yyyy
- Deletes c:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\yyyy.bat
- Creates c:\windows\temp\oh2c4f0i.TMP
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