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GWX_control_panel.exe

GWX Control Panel

Josh Mayfield

It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘GwxControlPanelMonitor’. This is installed with multiple programs including GWX Control Panel.
Publisher:
UltimateOutsider  (signed by Josh Mayfield)

Product:
GWX Control Panel

Description:
GWX Control Panel - Closes and configures the 'Get Windows 10' system tray application.

Version:
1.7.4.1

MD5:
c6ea8429c22c53bc7a738ffec4831429

SHA-1:
530f2e8e5a7cb817354d4b2fe0f302895244ae4d

SHA-256:
bf0b2c1f38f2dde284c20ca0c4027495f52e52b35b846a1f655c6670816552c8

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 9:43:21 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
4.4 MB (4,596,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.7.4.1

Copyright:
(c) 2016, Josh Mayfield/Ultimate Outsider. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
GWX_control_panel.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ultimateoutsider\gwx control panel\gwx_control_panel.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Josh Mayfield

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/7/2016 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/7/2017 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Josh Mayfield, O=Josh Mayfield, STREET=16958 NW Cove Ct, L=Portland, S=OR, PostalCode=97229, C=US

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

Serial number:
04F29C8A4DD805F9181F6B3859FCAF83

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/2/2016 12:52:42 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:z8uWTz6+AlHKQhOkrdZ5O9pO+1t1c1X3gCKFLOAkGkzdnEVomFHKnPw:uzQ49pO+1t1c1gCKFLOyomFHKnPw

Entry address:
0x13F52B

Entry point:
E8, 21, A1, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 30, 94, 63, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 1C, 42, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 74, 64, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, BC, 94, 63, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 74...
 
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Entropy:
7.0357

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,805,824 bytes)

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

Name:
GwxControlPanelMonitor

Command:
"C:\Program Files\ultimateoutsider\gwx control panel\gwx_control_panel.exe" \traymode


The file GWX_control_panel.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

GWX Control Panel  by UltimateOutsider
blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html
About 7% of users remove it
MyHarmony  by Logitech Inc.
3% remove it
 
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