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guardbackgroundservice.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 guardbackgroundservice.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:
45399eb13bfc3068239131e3b3eaf690

SHA-1:
064f7e6c88667813db5a6cf9ab89cb96a102f050

SHA-256:
041e51e970ce4cc158e0a02e3d1d4cbf6e5a4fac30b33de98757e11aa736b5f6

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:
4/26/2024 9:25:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick
15.3.9.1

File size:
759.5 KB (777,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gigabase\guard\guardbackgroundservice.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:
4/20/2013 3:36:06 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2rqcFKEuXpGM+NUIcNpO6KH4bM7L0fWloHfZc+dwgJOphH:TcF7UpfIcNA6KHJof7HfZcfhH

Entry address:
0x7C3CC

Entry point:
E8, 7E, B0, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 0A, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 6B, B3, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DF, FF, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C0, 75, 63, E8, F0, 93, 00, 00, 89, 46, 08, 8B, 48, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 48, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, 00, AA, 4A, 00, 74, 12, 8B, 0D, 18, A9, 4A, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 07, E8, 45, 19, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 48, AE, 4A, 00, 74, 16, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 0D, 18, A9, 4A...
 
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Code size:
601 KB (615,424 bytes)

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