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guard.exe

Fedorov Paul

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application guard.exe by Fedorov Paul has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Fedorov Paul  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4db27319753eaa6aee1ba12fc51a436c

SHA-1:
6e501662d51df65908df4f9c9139288c6935b629

SHA-256:
d403b312f8a0f6ed344dd3165f63b6bd757319437dc45ab824db272c9ce941cd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
5/11/2024 1:41:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick.FedorovPaul (M)
16.2.9.14

File size:
863.5 KB (884,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gigabase\guard\guard.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fedorov Paul

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/28/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fedorov Paul, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Saint-Petersburg, S=Saint-Petersburg, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
702D4055EE5CC734192DCBDFFE7AE8E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/22/2013 11:25:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Zqe2tZklcjZyLU4Nr2xakJMENm0pegooufn14dvUIN/XQApNb5rjI92dwbOTVg:ZqeiZkGdh1sgobfn12fQApNb5rjIupg

Entry address:
0x8CF5C

Entry point:
E8, 57, 9E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 14, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 34, 07, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C0, 75, 63, E8, B7, 71, 00, 00, 89, 46, 08, 8B, 48, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 48, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, 90, 18, 4C, 00, 74, 12, 8B, 0D, A8, 17, 4C, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 07, E8, 63, 2E, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 18, 1D, 4C, 00, 74, 16, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 0D, A8, 17, 4C, 00, 85, 48...
 
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Code size:
676.5 KB (692,736 bytes)

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