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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:
4.2.3.0

MD5:
8011727c1567c336b0d750922a16ef2a

SHA-1:
56ee113694dd0281086a12feee977f960c6e51a3

SHA-256:
fcc66187cc461a08c143beb02e612a5896c97c36064983b6628752a2d5311d97

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
7/16/2025 11:56:31 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.8 MB (2,970,336 bytes)

Product version:
4.2.3.0

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:
4/21/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/21/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
209BB76E609D9BBD6F3190DA23E79C9F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/12/2014 3:52:16 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:yIINhiZvnKWJMsTKjNjkwTQ8JCO+wBgbQY7:y9inKpxjkwhJCO+wmbF7

Entry address:
0x38144

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, A9, 8E, 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, 50, F6, 0A, 00, FF, 15, F2, 72, 05, 00, 48, 89, 44, 24, 38, 48, 83, F8, FF, 75, 0B, 48, 8B, CB, FF, 15, 26, 75, 05, 00, EB, 7E, B9, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 68, 06...
 
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Entropy:
6.1286

Code size:
564.5 KB (578,048 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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