The 8 Most Common Malware Processes-Progmon.exe

The Peeper Trojan adds progmon.exe as its main active process and, as such, this is an undesirable process to have running on your PC in the same vein that the Peeper Trojan is an undesirable application to have running on your PC. The Peeper Trojan is predominantly a backdoor Trojan. A backdoor Trojan literally gives a degree of access to your system that a hacker can exploit to his or her own ends.

This is considered a high risk application because a hacker that gains access to your computer could potentially steal personal information, browse and edit your system and security settings, and essentially take control of your PC. We strongly urge any user that has been infected with the Peeper Trojan and therefore has progmon.exe running as an active process to use antispyware software to fully and cleanly remove it.