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comcastantispyservice.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 comcastantispyservice.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 runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Comcast Antispyware”.
Publisher:
Visicom Media Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.52

MD5:
c484eaa9c944fa58453f0b2fce74b942

SHA-1:
b2c9efcf30010b970f7563857e028435d83ea225

SHA-256:
318674c44e6d3ed07950fdfddce8137f7d27671a3c1b8c6b6958c1e29ac50192

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:
1/13/2025 4:56:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VisicomMedia.V
14.8.23.1

File size:
619 KB (633,816 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (Canada)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\comcasttb\comcastspywarescan\comcastantispyservice.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:
1/13/2010 10:29:07 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:BNsRGSPChO/1BjxSkfEsg3l1Pc9PviIkwU97zWreSzwmV3u19:gUSqSjxSYET11Pc9razWreSez

Entry address:
0x878F4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, 08, 64, 48, 00, E8, 67, FD, F7, FF, A1, 08, 9F, 48, 00, 8B, 00, 80, 78, 30, 00, 74, 10, A1, 08, 9F, 48, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 4A, FC, FD, FF, 84, C0, 74, 0C, A1, 08, 9F, 48, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 10, FF, 52, 34, A1, 08, 9F, 48, 00, 8B, 00, 83, C0, 3C, BA, 74, 79, 48, 00, E8, 2A, DB, F7, FF, 8B, 0D, A4, 9E, 48, 00, A1, 08, 9F, 48, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, DC, 60, 48, 00, 8B, 18, FF, 53, 30, A1, 08, 9F, 48, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 10, FF, 52, 38, 5B, E8, E4, D8, F7, FF, FF, FF, FF, FF, 13, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6360

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
536.5 KB (549,376 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Comcast Antispyware

Service name:
AntiSpywareService

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-35-130-50.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.35.130.50:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-227-48.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.227.48:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-227-19.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.227.19:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-227-24.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.227.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-227-8.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.227.8:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-79-140-155.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.79.140.155:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-209-190-10.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.209.190.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-227-34.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.227.34:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-3-96-202.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.3.96.202:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-215-104-9.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.215.104.9:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-107-60-49.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.107.60.49:80)

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