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WiFiGuardian.exe

WiFi Guardian

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application WiFiGuardian.exe by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘WiFi Guardian’.
Publisher:
AVSoftware  (signed by AVSoftware EOOD)

Product:
WiFi Guardian

Version:
7.0.0.0

MD5:
b9c24733007c565d13309a06b3ea8dca

SHA-1:
9192099420d5cb47d02b5cbb138a6d00e05e7b67

SHA-256:
699083d304017f3ddca45d57e95c8f59b2ae0582bd23f5b51a9093108f496761

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:
4/19/2024 10:26:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftware EOOD (M)
17.3.6.19

File size:
2.4 MB (2,487,424 bytes)

Product version:
7.0

Copyright:
AVSoftware Ltd

Original file name:
WiFiGuardian.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\wifi guardian\wifiguardian.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/30/2010 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/11/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Gabrovo, S=Gabrovo, C=BG

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:
612C0FFE70F6570A7F6914CEE86BC00F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x15D9F4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, E4, 89, 45, EC, B8, CC, D1, 55, 00, E8, E2, 8D, EA, FF, 8B, 1D, 98, 4A, 56, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, 6F, DB, 55, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 39, 51, EA, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, 88, DB, 55, 00, E8, 10, 6E, EA, FF, 0F, 85, 95, 00, 00, 00, B2, 01, A1, 64, 72, 43, 00, E8, 7E, 99, ED, FF, A3, 20, 72, 56, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, C5, DA, 55, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, BA, 01, 00, 00, 80, A1, 20, 72, 56, 00, E8, FC, 99, ED, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.0861

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.4 MB (1,428,992 bytes)

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

Name:
WiFi Guardian

Command:
"C:\Program Files\wifi guardian\wifiguardian.exe" \startup


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