mprexe

[Question]

From the alert notice of the Firewall, a program named
mprexe.exe frequently wants to go out to DNS in the
background. Through searching, it is found in all the
computers in the same workgroup. Searching it in the
microsoft.com database, the result tells that mprexe is
relating with password issue and is part of the window.
But, the search in symantec tells that it is a virus.
What is it?

[Mike M]

What does you AV application say about the file on _your_ system? Where is
the file located? Whilst Win Me contains and uses a file mprexe.exe this file
is located in the windows\system folder whereas the Backdoor.Niklaus trojan,
which uses a file of the same name, places the file in the windows folder.
See
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.niklaus.html
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Question > wrote:

> From the alert notice of the Firewall, a program named
> mprexe.exe frequently wants to go out to DNS in the
> background. Through searching, it is found in all the
> computers in the same workgroup. Searching it in the
> microsoft.com database, the result tells that mprexe is
> relating with password issue and is part of the window.
> But, the search in symantec tells that it is a virus.
> What is it?

[Question]

Thanks a lot. I'll check it out.
By the way, Win95 & Win 98 are also located in the same
workgroup and found mprexe.exe. Would they contains and
uses mprexe.exe?

>-----Original Message-----
>What does you AV application say about the file on
_your_ system? Where is
>the file located? Whilst Win Me contains and uses a
file mprexe.exe this file
>is located in the windows\system folder whereas the
Backdoor.Niklaus trojan,
>which uses a file of the same name, places the file in
the windows folder.
>See
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/b
ackdoor.niklaus.html
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP

>
>
>Question > wrote:
>
>> From the alert notice of the Firewall, a program named
>> mprexe.exe frequently wants to go out to DNS in the
>> background. Through searching, it is found in all the
>> computers in the same workgroup. Searching it in the
>> microsoft.com database, the result tells that mprexe is
>> relating with password issue and is part of the window.
>> But, the search in symantec tells that it is a virus.
>> What is it?
>
>
>.
>

[Mike M]

The file mprexe.exe forms part of all Win 9x operating systems, 95, 98 & Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Question > wrote:

> Thanks a lot. I'll check it out.
> By the way, Win95 & Win 98 are also located in the same
> workgroup and found mprexe.exe. Would they contains and
> uses mprexe.exe?