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Spy Guard

Big Water Applications, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The module common.dll by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Spy Guard’.
Publisher:
Big Water Applications, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Spy Guard

Version:
2.6.58

MD5:
54577e5334bdae070434cf1cf7aae30c

SHA-1:
6563bc87b3fb2d6600674a485758e79e9160f1ed

SHA-256:
d6b6d979ed3b6bd9eb3dcba8e740eb6926c77e3e2aa60fd5e20d85fe560f6ab9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:03:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
17.1.22.20

File size:
400.1 KB (409,704 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.58

Copyright:
(c) Big Water Applications, LLC

Original file name:
common.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\spyguard\ie\common.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Big Water Applications, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/21/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2014 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Ave, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0088DD6A4DF46D819C84B9E99D7A0530C5

Registration
CLSID:
{44ed99e2-16a6-4b89-80d6-5b21cf42e78b}

ProgID:
DynConIE.DynConIEObject.1

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2014 6:20:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x15A0C

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 14, 5D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, A0, 9C, 04, 10, 57, 8B, 06, C6, 45, FF, 00, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 7B, 10, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, EE, C1, FF, FF, 8B, 4E, 0C, 8B, 46, 08, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, DE, C1, FF, FF, 8B, 45, 08, F6, 40, 04, 66, 0F, 85, 19, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, 10, 8D, 55, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4284

Code size:
232.5 KB (238,080 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Spy Guard

CLSID:
{44ed99e2-16a6-4b89-80d6-5b21cf42e78b}


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