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specialguardstart.exe

specialguard starter

NKsolution Corp.

The application specialguardstart.exe by NKsolution 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 is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘specialguardstart.exe’.
Publisher:
NK Solution  (signed by NKsolution Corp.)

Product:
specialguard starter

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
86795f291bcdc4077d22b322f7b87555

SHA-1:
1e3e17639da4deebe4daae154fec0aad2b5dc07b

SHA-256:
aca09ae82b2be9ccc055d10575647932443095fd4c47086213c0234ed04f3aa4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 4:38:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NKsolution.Optimizer (M)
17.1.20.17

File size:
15.9 KB (16,248 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2010 NK Solution All rights reserved

Original file name:
specialguardstart.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\specialguard\specialguardstart.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NKsolution Corp.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/7/2010 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/8/2011 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=NKsolution Corp., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=NKsolution Corp., L=Jaesong-dong Haeundae-gu, S=Haeundae-gu, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5DFBADE2203D406F2D7510DFBAADC483

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2010 2:39:54 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x7A60

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 40, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, FF, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.5782

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
4 KB (4,096 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
specialguardstart.exe

Command:
C:\Program Files\specialguard\specialguardstart.exe


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