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 GWX Control Panel. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.waterworksconsulting.com and multiple other hosts.
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:
1.7.1.0

MD5:
599f929f42f77ce37b3875feb10f2f0d

SHA-1:
8456306ede6a1bea712e1a8b7774cd6ca4b5358c

SHA-256:
60409e0dcf208b73416b3a2dcb194a42e02585b8f60eabb4926e2736508a5a67

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 11:48:31 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
4.3 MB (4,537,928 bytes)

Product version:
1.7.1.0

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:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/6/2016 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2017 5:59:59 PM

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:
1/18/2016 10:46:12 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:plCvvYEgWun4f4ryjT7qezN48dr9+ZSspmX3gCKFLOAkGkzdnEVomFHKnPtj1:pP1nO9B4859+ZSWIgCKFLOyomFHKnPx1

Entry address:
0x136723

Entry point:
E8, 46, 98, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 30, D4, 62, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, D2, 33, 00, 00, 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, B0, B3, 63, 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, D4, 62, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, B0, B3, 63, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.0467

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,765,888 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 program.

GWX Control Panel  by UltimateOutsider
blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html
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The file GWX_control_panel.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.waterworksconsulting.com/win10block.exe

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