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NextStart.exe

NextSTART

Winstep Software Technologies

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘NextStart’.
Publisher:
Winstep Software Technologies

Product:
NextSTART

Version:
12.02.0686

MD5:
b8fa9b9664d3039947438707dcc16e1f

SHA-1:
20afd67d0c1a667504949895c758bdf4dc600493

SHA-256:
0b732d9161155f5b93e43fb2a2f9604bc5413131512ca53e49b1cc5420ad05d0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Clean  (1 probable false positive detection)

Explanation:
This is mosty likely a false positive detection, the file is probably clean.

Analysis date:
7/4/2025 10:36:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17038

File size:
7.4 MB (7,788,160 bytes)

Product version:
12.02.0686

Copyright:
Copyright 1999-2012 Jorge M.R.Coelho - Winstep Software Technologies

Original file name:
NextStart.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\winstep\nextstart.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/21/2012 1:03:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
4.20

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:GrfxJGVGuwSqJ5CtfnV0n3sRfBOx7QLsNdp/:GrfxJGVGuGJ5MfV08xUOsNP

Entry address:
0x2D66C

Entry point:
68, A4, DE, 42, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, D3, 5D, 94, 87, 63, 24, E9, 4B, BF, 3F, 0C, 83, 23, 2D, 87, A9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, B0, 3D, 40, 00, 4E, 65, 78, 74, 53, 74, 61, 72, 74, 00, 6D, 61, 74, 65, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 1D, 00, 4C, D6, 45, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, FF, FF, FF, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 10, DC, 45, 00, 18, A0, 7C, 00, 1E, 00, 00, 00, 08, 46, EB, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0841

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
3.8 MB (3,965,952 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
NextStart

Command:
C:\Program Files\winstep\nextstart.exe autostart


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

Nexus 12.2  by Winstep
Publisher's description - “Nexus Ultimate is an enhanced version of the free-to-use Nexus dock which is available stand-alone or as a component of Winstep Xtreme (a single easy-to-install package featuring all of Winstep's popular desktop enhancement products for Windows).”
www.winstep.net/nexus.asp
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