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constant-guard-anti-malware.exe

Constant Guard Anti-Malware

Comcast Corporation

The file constant-guard-anti-malware.exe, “Constant Guard Anti-Malware installer.” by Comcast has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.comcast.net.
Publisher:
Comcast  (signed by Comcast Corporation)

Product:
Constant Guard Anti-Malware

Description:
Constant Guard Anti-Malware installer.

Version:
3.0

MD5:
42486f258ba60ee44006528b050805c0

SHA-1:
2badb56c85897ad05f1d0559d6cd964e1f73b76b

SHA-256:
05eb9f47c64f7693c0ad5d2989a93746f6182e9740a63f558a2ade3724d7f305

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The setup program may install a variant of the Visicom Toolbar, a web browser extension that may modify the browser's home and search pages.

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 11:24:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Visicom
7.1.1

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Visicom
4.0.3.15127

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Visicom
12/7/2015

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!3B1D27DC1330
18.0.204.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
45588

File size:
4.6 MB (4,861,024 bytes)

Copyright:
Comcast Interactive Media

Trademarks:
© 2015 Comcast Interactive Media, All Rights Reserved

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\constant-guard-anti-malware.exe.part

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Comcast Corporation

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/25/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/25/2018 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Comcast Corporation, O=Comcast Corporation, STREET=1 Comcast Center, L=Philadelphia, S=PA, PostalCode=19103, C=US

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

Serial number:
00EEA2C3A8E2135304643AE1941718B52E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:uHx9G9smx1s5IQhW/WBZtYKkH0merxdGMumMYXfm17wVzQCo4zB:0i9sAUIQAExddumrusWCN9

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9987

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file constant-guard-anti-malware.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.comcast.net/.../Constant-Guard-Anti-Malware.exe

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