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bgswitch.exe

Lou Amadio

It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘BackgroundSwitcher’.
Publisher:
Lou Amadio  (signed and verified)

MD5:
33808f51f221ceba83a56befbf47d845

SHA-1:
cc22e50c8e86955f7e132b0d059a325a01213991

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 9:01:31 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
19.1 KB (19,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\bgswitch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lou Amadio

Authority:
Microsoft

Valid from:
2/17/2001 5:42:02 AM

Valid to:
2/17/2002 5:42:02 AM

Subject:
CN=Lou Amadio

Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Windows VBL03 (DS), OU=Distributed Systems and Services, O=Microsoft, L=Redmond, S=WA, C=US, E=ntsbvt@microsoft.com

Serial number:
030E7FD7000000003F19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/2/2001 11:58:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
7.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:rWmNUCLBc87FDJvejrPc2cvipnzROmelLMkz5jkfyGlnHkSysUsnvXd71yHPt1:6C3TvcLcTcnzxALByfjkSPvX3Cl1

Entry address:
0x2881

Entry point:
6A, 70, 68, 98, 14, 00, 01, E8, 93, 02, 00, 00, 33, DB, 53, 8B, 3D, 00, 10, 00, 01, FF, D7, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 75, 1F, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 81, 39, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, 12, 0F, B7, 41, 18, 3D, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 74, 1F, 3D, 0B, 02, 00, 00, 74, 05, 89, 5D, E4, EB, 27, 83, B9, 84, 00, 00, 00, 0E, 76, F2, 33, C0, 39, 99, F8, 00, 00, 00, EB, 0E, 83, 79, 74, 0E, 76, E2, 33, C0, 39, 99, E8, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 95, C0, 89, 45, E4, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, B0, 10, 00, 01, 59, 83, 0D, 50, 40, 00, 01, FF, 83, 0D, 54, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.0541

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v7.1

Code size:
8.5 KB (8,704 bytes)

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

Name:
BackgroundSwitcher

Command:
C:\Windows\System32\bgswitch.exe


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