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HomingBeaconService.exe

Homing Beacon Background Service

ChangeIP.com

It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Homing Beacon Background Service”. This is installed with Homing Beacon.
Publisher:
ChangeIP.com  (signed and verified)

Product:
Homing Beacon Background Service

Description:
HomingBeaconService

Version:
4.1.0.0

MD5:
af25891e455adabfc256cf3605e3369f

SHA-1:
e04248a4cc376835135a6b6a794b064f29205a26

SHA-256:
245827f8ae64e5651fc2ac83e52bd7c6c821406f5255921796ed060b6027c4c7

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
7/1/2025 10:38:50 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
38.6 KB (39,512 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 ChangeIP.com

Original file name:
HomingBeaconService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\changeip.com\homing beacon\homingbeaconservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ChangeIP.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/27/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/28/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ChangeIP.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=ChangeIP.com, L=Miami, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0A66475AE15698845081484D8485872E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/17/2014 6:25:53 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:47dJtlJaOcBeEomGfPZSuXQk+kqeWS1EF4ZPev9BONU/bptZMZFaPnVkGvReVdmO:4zjJNdHX3WGEB7//PeGvQ3mWeRnx7RhG

Entry address:
0x8E0E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.9151

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Homing Beacon Background Service

Description:
Performs IP monitoring to ensure DNS records are up-to-date.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file HomingBeaconService.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Homing Beacon  by ChangeIP.com
www.ChangeIP.com.com
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