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a2guard.exe

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Emsi Software GmbH

It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘a-squared’.
Publisher:
Emsi Software GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Description:
Background Guard

Version:
5.0.0.38

MD5:
9a51c8d32d0a358865413f4314bc2482

SHA-1:
1e881c806c7bc339e283d0855fede51ac03c1afc

SHA-256:
a8e19576b8e3446c251bbf661d9e2d349231eb19936b6b9a31a01929d674543b

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:08:31 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
3.5 MB (3,646,344 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.0.0

Copyright:
(C) 2003-2010 Emsi Software GmbH

Original file name:
a2guard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\emsisoft anti-malware\a2guard.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Emsi Software GmbH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/2/2010 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/25/2011 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Emsi Software GmbH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Emsi Software GmbH, L=Thalgau, S=Salzburg, C=AT

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:
6E1F6ACA24FD20E0EBA59644C9FBABB1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2010 12:08:14 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:TZ7AGm24xxUfIq3uqucrkvTuLoyzhLwiw422aDe:T9AXx6fIPokohCW5

Entry address:
0x1C96E8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 18, 6F, 5C, 00, E8, 64, F6, E3, FF, A1, E0, 5D, 5D, 00, 8B, 00, E8, CC, 96, F2, FF, 8B, 0D, 60, 59, 5D, 00, A1, E0, 5D, 5D, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, C4, 32, 5A, 00, E8, CC, 96, F2, FF, A1, E0, 5D, 5D, 00, 8B, 00, C6, 40, 57, 00, 33, C9, B2, 01, A1, 84, 15, 57, 00, E8, 17, 5D, EB, FF, A1, E0, 5D, 5D, 00, 8B, 00, E8, F7, 97, F2, FF, E8, 62, BD, E3, FF, 8B, C0, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.7059

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,867,776 bytes)

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

Name:
a-squared

Command:
"C:\Program Files\emsisoft anti-malware\a2guard.exe" \d=60


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