Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Malware Dropper
File Behavior
TMP??.TMP.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Adds a Registry Key (RUN) to auto start Programs on system start up
- This process creates other processes on disk
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds products to the system registry
- Executes Processes stored in Temporary Folders
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- The process hooks code into all running processes which could allow it to take control of the system or record keyboard input, mouse activity and screen contents
TMP??.TMP.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
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Executed as a Process
Country Of Origin
The filename TMP??.TMP.EXE was first seen on May 31 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- The United States on May 31 2007
- Europe on Jun 6 2007
- Australia on Jul 2 2007
- Canada on Jul 2 2007
- The United Kingdom on Aug 22 2007
- India on Oct 3 2007
- Sweden on Jul 22 2008
- Austria on Nov 27 2009
- Germany on Nov 27 2009
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 254,620 bytes
- 50,980 bytes
- 7,882,990 bytes
- 50,475 bytes
- 2,560 bytes
- 1,485,492 bytes
- 87,040 bytes
- 128,222 bytes
File Type
The filename TMP??.TMP.EXE is used by multiple object types including executable programs,self extracting compressed files.
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