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guardbackgroundservice.exe

Macte! Labs, Inc.

The application guardbackgroundservice.exe by Macte! Labs 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 runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Active background guard service”.
Publisher:
Macte! Labs, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8b3c468b63a7a45ed9b5b3153eb6cc65

SHA-1:
d609cf7fb5a93368fd5be067253dc389f24e512a

SHA-256:
74d7456f91a1abe0712d670183b5878cd86fa4502dc4618a3da519f26cd98660

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 9:36:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MacteLabs
15.5.30.21

File size:
755.6 KB (773,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Macte! Labs, Inc.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/4/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/4/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Macte! Labs, Inc.", O="Macte! Labs, Inc.", L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
1DFFCC714238EF3B3588A3C647077C47

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/10/2012 9:46:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:X08JG6skzLMRGIc0cs9Agsrf741eY+2llGqAdXe9jI7dwgFQP:X0QG6JzAc0cs1srf7A+2edXe9jI3QP

Entry address:
0x7B62C

Entry point:
E8, 56, A3, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 0A, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3B, A6, 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, 73, 84, 00, 00, 89, 46, 08, 8B, 48, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 48, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, C0, 88, 4A, 00, 74, 12, 8B, 0D, D8, 87, 4A, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 07, E8, 55, 1B, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 48, 8D, 4A, 00, 74, 16, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 0D, D8, 87, 4A...
 
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Code size:
598.5 KB (612,864 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Active background guard service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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