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WiFiGuardian.exe

WiFi Guardian

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application WiFiGuardian.exe by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘WiFi Guardian’.
Publisher:
AVSoftware  (signed by AVSoftware EOOD)

Product:
WiFi Guardian

Version:
2.1.0.0

MD5:
83e98a189cfc957e9e70c33e0980218d

SHA-1:
a8756461191d554b1b1641b0dbfea17109a7bcb4

SHA-256:
bbcf9426e6e7380a816c43e6e39909b599ea1eb87038d7b21bad90a614945bf9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/23/2024 7:45:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftware EOOD (M)
17.1.16.18

File size:
1.5 MB (1,560,392 bytes)

Product version:
2.1

Copyright:
AVSoftware Ltd

Original file name:
WiFiGuardian.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\wifi guardian 2009\wifiguardian.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/11/2009 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/12/2010 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Gabrovo, S=Gabrovo, C=BG

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37BC40AA80D517CAC12E4CB37407D455

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x134A20

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, D8, 42, 53, 00, E8, E7, 1B, ED, FF, 8B, 1D, 2C, AD, 53, 00, 8B, 03, E8, C6, 57, F3, FF, 8B, 03, BA, C0, 4A, 53, 00, E8, B2, 53, F3, FF, 8B, 0D, 74, AF, 53, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, F8, 16, 53, 00, E8, BF, 57, F3, FF, 8B, 0D, 10, AF, 53, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, 88, 3A, 53, 00, E8, AC, 57, F3, FF, 8B, 0D, 50, AA, 53, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, F0, 0F, 53, 00, E8, 99, 57, F3, FF, 8B, 0D, 28, AE, 53, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15, D0, 12, 53, 00, E8, 86, 57, F3, FF, 8B, 0D, 74, AD, 53, 00, 8B, 03, 8B, 15...
 
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Entropy:
6.6784

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,260,544 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
WiFi Guardian

Command:
"C:\Program Files\wifi guardian 2009\wifiguardian.exe" \startup


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