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Unrecognised start-up process.
« on: October 22, 2009, 10:07:56 PM »
Windows XP Home SP3. Avast! 4.8 Home build 4.8.1356. SAS 4.26.0.1004. Zone Alarm Free firewall.

During start-up system process, 5894a498-c48f-41ce-a891-b776c4c1212a.exe, runs and consumes up to 95% of CPU memory. Search engines have not idetified this process though I suspect it may an Avast! routine - most likely the rootkit scan.

Could anyone please confirm what this process really is. Virus and spyware scans indicate the system is clean.

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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009, 11:07:00 PM »
That looks dodgy. As you say, Google searches (for all or part of the process name) lead only to this thread.

I doubt it's the rootkit scan. That runs (IIRC) 8 minutes after start, and I've never known it to consume any significant resources at all.

Try a computer search (include hidden and system files) see if you can find it.
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2009, 11:43:27 PM »
It most certainly has nothing to do with avast and as Tarq57 said, it looks dodgy.

If you haven't already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it and report the findings (it should product a log file).

Check the Task Manager and see if this is a running process, if so End Task.

It might be worth checking the startup items in MSConfig (windows key+R and type msconfig), startup tab and see if there is an entry there for it if so disable it.
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 10:50:34 AM »
Thanks for the pointers which helped me to find the answer. The 'culprit' is a start up file for SuperAntiSpyware and is entirely legitimate.

Sorry for wasting your time. I really should have checked hidden folders before contacting the forum. 10/10 for Avast! support.

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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 11:05:28 AM »
Very good. Surprising the Google search didn't turn it up, unless the file name is designed to morph randomly. (DrWeb's cureit did that, to prevent malware ID-ing and disabling it.)
Had I not uninstalled SAS a couple of months ago, I may have found it (or similar) on my own computer. (Yes, I did search it.)

Now the question: Would you be so kind as to provide the path (and purpose, if known,) of this file?
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 11:59:52 AM »
Now the question: Would you be so kind as to provide the path (and purpose, if known,) of this file?

C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\5894a498-c48f-41ce-a891-b776c4c1212a.exe.

If I click on this file it brings up the SuperAntiSpyware Control Panel or an extraordinarily clever facsimile.

A scan with MBAM found nothing and an online scan using Jotti gave 19 clean results, VBA32 found 'Win32 Shadow Service Install'. Jotti also reported:

File size:     1830128 bytes
Filetype:     PE32 executable for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit
MD5:            c811c7d177634b3a69136d1aa2911512
SHA1:    7f1cf8d87f1b81a3e74951950028e0814ed78627

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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2009, 03:09:06 PM »
Strange I have no such file in my SAS folder, see image, and I have SAS Pro which runs on startup.
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2009, 05:48:52 PM »
Nor is there such a file in my free SAS installation. ???
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2009, 06:34:57 PM »
I've now posted this poser to the SuperAntiSpyware forum. Here's the thread.

I'll feedback anything of interest.

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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2009, 07:13:14 PM »
Thanks for the update, hopefully they will get to the bottom of it quickly.
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2009, 08:19:00 PM »
Strange I have no such file in my SAS folder, see image, and I have SAS Pro which runs on startup.

Very odd. I've four additional .exe files sitting in C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware. Here's a screenshot.




Edited for clarity to demonstrate there were four unexplained/unexpected files in the folder.
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2009, 08:47:24 PM »
Strange I have no such file in my SAS folder, see image, and I have SAS Pro which runs on startup.

Very odd. I've four .exe files sitting in C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware. Here's a screenshot.


There are 5 installed here.
BootSafe.exe
RUNSAS.EXE
SASINST.EXE
SASUpdate.exe
SUPERANTISPYWARE.EXE

plus the associated .dll files.
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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2009, 09:18:31 PM »
would be interesting to know what that is...hope you get some feedback on their forums...

ps: I think you should isolate those files until you learn more about them...and may be see if new ones are generated, isolating them being just a measure of safety for the rest of your system, just in case. You can do that manually if you have a HIPS on board.

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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2009, 09:56:20 PM »
I took a look in my own SAS folder, and I have a bunch of them.  I *think* these are created when you run
the "Superantispyware - Alternate start" link.

See the 2 at the bottom, both 1952KB.  Now, why the product doesn't delete the old versions is
another question.

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Re: Unrecognised start-up process.
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2009, 10:01:39 PM »
I took a look in my own SAS folder, and I have a bunch of them.  I *think* these are created when you run
the "Superantispyware - Alternate start" link.

See the 2 at the bottom, both 1952KB.  Now, why the product doesn't delete the old versions is
another question.

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3198/saspk.jpg

YES, just tried and got a bunch of new alerts for the file from CIS Def +; nice one  ;)
what is this alternate link for ???
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