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AppGuardGUI.exe

Tech Fortress

Blue Ridge Networks

It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘AppGuardGUI’. This is installed with AOL Tech Fortress.
Publisher:
Blue Ridge Networks  (signed and verified)

Product:
Tech Fortress

Description:
Tech Fortress GUI Application

Version:
4.1.36.0

MD5:
d87a3fdbb2ae2dbbcba98f9de08b7f66

SHA-1:
39bba4cc48437fe1d644589d40f99f5c12c2bd3a

SHA-256:
7e3d876f3325c9492ae85ce001e3de73b49b9ed06b0aea994f104d725687cf13

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
7/17/2025 4:13:46 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.8 MB (2,962,184 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.36.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2008 - 2014 Blue Ridge Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Trademarks:
AppGuard

Original file name:
AppGuardGUI.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\blue ridge networks\appguard\appguardgui.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blue Ridge Networks

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/9/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Blue Ridge Networks, OU=Engineering, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Blue Ridge Networks, L=Chantilly, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
130DFE5855583C52E79CED540C7AFB9D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2014 6:42:59 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:eed4zhxlwmHTrM+THBi0kwTQPCO+wJKgbQY:hd4GmH55kwsCO+wJRbF

Entry address:
0x37424

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, D7, 04, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 26, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, C9, 8B, 0A, 00, 75, 11, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 02, F3, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, 49, 05, 00, 00, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 20, 48, 8B, D9, 48, 8B, 0D, 70, F3, 0A, 00, FF, 15, 12, 70, 05, 00, 48, 89, 44, 24, 38, 48, 83, F8, FF, 75, 0B, 48, 8B, CB, FF, 15, 46, 72, 05, 00, EB, 7E, B9, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 68, 06...
 
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Entropy:
6.1294

Code size:
561 KB (574,464 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
AppGuardGUI

Command:
C:\Program Files\blue ridge networks\appguard\appguardgui.exe


The file AppGuardGUI.exe has been discovered within the following program.

AOL Tech Fortress  by Blue Ridge Networks
aol.it/AOLTechFortress
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