prmrsr.exe and 'Security Task Manager' ???

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by akm, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. akm

    akm Sergeant

    Couple (3 actually) questions...

    1. What is 'prmrsr.exe' ( c:\windows\system32\prmrsr.exe -boot ) ?

    2. Best place to 'research' programs like 'prmrsr.exe' that are found, by programs like 'Security Task Manager', to be potential malware threats ?

    3. How do you rate 'Security Task Manager' ( http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/index.html ) and/or would you recommend a better program to do similar work ?
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi


    1. What is 'prmrsr.exe' ( c:\windows\system32\prmrsr.exe -boot ) ?
    It seems to be very well related to Coolwebsearch, which is malware as that file in Windows/System32 is not a legit Microsoft one.

    2. Best place to 'research' programs like 'prmrsr.exe' that are found, by programs like 'Security Task Manager', to be potential malware threats ?
    Best places, basically any search engine will give you many hits on a specific file, if its a random generated one as some malwares do in fgtsasas.exe or hasgywe.dll then you will get really no hits, but a genuine Windows or Software file will get some hits.



    3. How do you rate 'Security Task Manager' ( http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/index.html ) and/or would you recommend a better program to do similar work ?
    Personally I think its OK, would I pay for it, likely not but it works, so long as the files in question are in their database. I tend to search the web for files over using an application.

    places like http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm for example.
     

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