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Gadget.exe

Max Secure Software Gadget

Max Secure Software India Pvt. Ltd.

The application Gadget.exe by Max Secure Software India Pvt has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘ShowGadget’.
Publisher:
Max Secure Software  (signed by Max Secure Software India Pvt. Ltd.)

Product:
Max Secure Software Gadget

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
ae3a50766a7d52cd44f554037b448b09

SHA-1:
1796b0299206debb985ff64d6e29ef4f976bbfa7

SHA-256:
8b9673e964b2e16745d48ab840e7a13791555733181442572fe4cdda8959b11c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
6/21/2025 12:28:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxSecure.Optional (L)
17.3.3.13

File size:
630 KB (645,103 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 1

Copyright:
(c) Max Secure Software. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
Max Secure Software

Original file name:
Gadget.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\max secure total security\gadget.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Secure Software India Pvt. Ltd.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/5/2014 5:05:04 PM

Valid to:
8/23/2016 10:57:41 AM

Subject:
E=tech@maxpcsecure.com, CN=Max Secure Software India Pvt. Ltd., OU=Development, O=Max Secure Software India Pvt. Ltd., L=Pune, S=MH, C=IN

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121966C77E3DF9024E4EC2692CFDDE743D8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2015 9:00:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x2F8C3

Entry point:
E9, ED, 46, 01, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 08, 18, 46, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, E5, 60, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, E0, 27, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, BF, 1B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, AA, 61, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, F9, 27, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73...
 
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Entropy:
6.8616

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
293.5 KB (300,544 bytes)

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

Name:
ShowGadget

Command:
"C:\Program Files\max secure total security\gadget.exe"


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