BrCcBoot.exe
Brother ControlCenter by Brother Industries, Ltd
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of BrCcBoot.exe.
Overview
brccboot.exe has 7 known versions, the most recent one is 4, 2, 71, 1. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 138.36 KB.
 Details
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| File name: | brccboot.exe |
| Publisher: | Brother Industries, Ltd. |
| Product name: | Brother ControlCenter |
| Description: | ControlCenter Launcher |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\controlcenter4\brccboot.exe |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of brccboot.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ControlCenter4' → C:\Program Files\ControlCenter4\BrCcBoot.exe /autorun
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| Antiy Labs AVL |
2.0.3.7 |
Worm/Win32.WhiteIce.gen |
4, 0, 21, 4 |
| Bkav Security |
1.3.0.4246 |
HW32.Laneul.jima |
4, 1, 35, 1 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0809 |
4, 0, 21, 4 |
All file variations of brccboot.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.86% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
21.43% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
14.29% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.14% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
7.14% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.14% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of Brother ControlCenter.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
40.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
30.00% |
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| Sony |
20.00% |
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| GIGABYTE |
10.00% |
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