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Spy Guard

Big Water Applications, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The module common.dll by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Spy Guard’. This file is typically installed with the program Spy Guard by Big Water Applications, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Big Water Applications, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Spy Guard

Version:
2.6.24

MD5:
d5398fdb0ee4ed2fc2b7c9f480ad7074

SHA-1:
fee215971890b1c073ad198c1d235c29c1ca7092

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
5/26/2024 9:13:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
17.1.19.11

File size:
383.1 KB (392,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.24

Copyright:
(c) Big Water Applications, LLC

Original file name:
common.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\spyguard\ie\common.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Big Water Applications, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/21/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Ave, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0088DD6A4DF46D819C84B9E99D7A0530C5

Registration
CLSID:
{44ed99e2-16a6-4b89-80d6-5b21cf42e78b}

ProgID:
DynConIE.DynConIEObject.1

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/12/2013 5:35:08 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x15A2E

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 22, 5D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, A0, 9C, 04, 10, 57, 8B, 06, C6, 45, FF, 00, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 7B, 10, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, 1C, C2, FF, FF, 8B, 4E, 0C, 8B, 46, 08, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, 0C, C2, FF, FF, 8B, 45, 08, F6, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.6501

Code size:
232.5 KB (238,080 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Spy Guard

CLSID:
{44ed99e2-16a6-4b89-80d6-5b21cf42e78b}


The file common.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Spy Guard  by Big Water Applications, LLC
This is an adware web browser extension. From the publisher's site: "In some cases, we may display product offers during your installation process. Of course, you will have the ability to accept or pass on these offers.
www.spyguardapp.com
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