What is eguiProxy.exe?

eguiProxy.exe is part of ESET Security and developed by ESET according to the eguiProxy.exe version information.

eguiProxy.exe's description is "ESET Proxy GUI"

eguiProxy.exe is digitally signed by ESET, spol. s r.o..

eguiProxy.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about eguiProxy.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on eguiProxy.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameESET Security
Company nameESET
File descriptionESET Proxy GUI
Internal nameeguiProxy.exe
Original filenameeguiProxy.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) ESET, spol. s r.o. 1992-2020. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkNOD, NOD32, AMON, ESET are registered trademarks of ESET.
Product version13.1.21.0
File version10.13.50.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameESET Security
Company nameESET
File descriptionESET Proxy GUI
Internal nameeguiProxy.exe
Original filenameeguiProxy.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) ESET, spol. s r.o. 199..
Legal trademarkNOD, NOD32, AMON, ESET are registere..
Product version13.1.21.0
File version10.13.50.0

Digital signatures [?]

eguiProxy.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameESET, spol. s r.o.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number09588fe4c40b2219f29b4ed1fac846d2

VirusTotal report

None of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the eguiProxy.exe file.

None of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the eguiProxy.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1586616786.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "eguiProxy.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "IMG",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.851951500274236,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00011e00",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00099000",
                    "entropy": 7.851951500274236,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00011c88"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.078166961669922,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.0182149410247803,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.0304591655731201,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0277669429779053,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.5493760108947754,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09943485260009766,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.56239914894104,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16512,
            "time": 1.065551996231079,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 24896,
            "time": 3.1257309913635254,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "0e5bd54da644f5c9f26b73cd0b7c23fa4e57aa8b0420f25a5b0561e0a21b4ad6",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "c7771520fe084f2beaced606e1a6f5b44bcfc5d8b0583210ca1400b3f3d4b057",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD523f31a648fe5c032c1ba9f1f6d67ef31
SHA25657d585bf058bd536d817ff0b969e42a941992f00c8c4ddd036119e59a328e544

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to eguiproxy.exe:

eguiproxy.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

eguiproxy.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

ESET Proxy GUI has stopped working.

End Program - eguiproxy.exe. This program is not responding.

eguiproxy.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

eguiproxy.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with eguiProxy.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
2

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Malware or legitimate?

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