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comcastantispy.exe

Visicom Media Inc.

This is part of the Visicom VMN web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application comcastantispy.exe by Visicom Media 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 start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘ComcastAntispyClient’.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.3.0.103

MD5:
1192f1b00602918614e65b27b6560745

SHA-1:
a9e75d4af941ad93d359b519225294c281735055

SHA-256:
156092fb62582a6af7b759edefec2c7a2b216ff236c9aa9d8382745647e89ba8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/25/2024 4:11:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Visicom (M)
16.11.4.0

File size:
1.5 MB (1,589,208 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (Canada)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\comcasttb\comcastspywarescan\comcastantispy.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Visicom Media Inc.

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
5/27/2008 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/22/2010 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Visicom Media Inc., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Visicom Media Inc., L=Brossard, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
70DEF7A1CF826EC0B9F2257933EA429B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ygZxpnX0M4xAc77o8fNYCK54CsZOqLJbcgNdnsoc80RwPiM4s/nNf:lZYOOO2bcCnsof0RwiM5Nf

Entry address:
0x12BA88

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E8, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, EC, 89, 45, E8, B8, B4, A5, 52, 00, E8, 05, B2, ED, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 4C, BC, 52, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, C0, F0, 52, 00, 8B, 00, E8, B3, 3D, F4, FF, A1, C0, F0, 52, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 64, BC, 52, 00, E8, 22, 38, F4, FF, 6A, 01, B9, 88, BC, 52, 00, B2, 01, A1, DC, 85, 47, 00, E8, C7, CF, F4, FF, 8B, 15, FC, F1, 52, 00, 89, 02, 33, C0, 55, 68, 2A, BC, 52, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, A1, FC, F1, 52, 00, 8B, 00, 80, 78, 10, 00, 74, 36, A1, FC, F1, 52...
 
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Entropy:
6.5442

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,222,656 bytes)

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

Name:
ComcastAntispyClient

Command:
"C:\Program Files\comcasttb\comcastspywarescan\comcastantispy.exe" \hide


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