GPhotos.SCR
Google Photos Screensaver by Google
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of GPhotos.SCR.
Overview
There are 6 versions of gphotos.scr in the wild, the latest version being 3.9.137.118. gphotos.scr is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 4.13 MB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 31.61 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 44.27 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 5.63 MB per minute for reads and 135 Bytes per minute for writes.
About gphotos.scr (from Google)
“The Google Photos screensaver, available only on Windows, displays photos using various visual effects while your computer is inactive. You have complete control over which photos are displayed. The G”
 Details
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| File name: | gphotos.scr |
| Publisher: | Google Inc. |
| Product name: | Google Photos Screensaver |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\gphotos.scr |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of gphotos.scr, select a unique version for details.)
Screensaver
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| ByteHero |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan.Exception.gen.101 |
3.9.136.12 |
| ByteHero |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan.Exception.gen.101 |
3.9.136.07 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0817 |
3.9.136.07 |
All file variations of gphotos.scr
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
10.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
10.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
10.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 70.00% of Google Photos Screensaver.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
50.00% |
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| Sony |
50.00% |
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