Strange Comcast Access Installer Log

Science, Engineering, & Tech Security
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I work on computers in my spare time for friends and family so when i got a laptop i wasn't suprised by the viruses and malware on it. What really caught my eye was a text document called "comcast_access_log" in the C:/User/[NAME]  and this was the contents of that file:

[29/06/2010 7:26 01] -------------------------------


[29/06/2010 7:26 01] ComcastAccessInstaller.1.58


[29/06/2010 7:26 01] -------------------------------


[29/06/2010 7:26 07] kill existing air client process if it exists...


[29/06/2010 7:26 07] done

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[29/06/2010 7:26 07] create application storage directory C:\ProgramData\com.comcast.access


[29/06/2010 7:26 07] done.


[29/06/2010 7:26 07] delete install destination directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\ComcastAccess


[29/06/2010 7:26 07] done.


[29/06/2010 7:26 07] Run MovePlayer install...


[29/06/2010 7:26 12] done.


[29/06/2010 7:26 12] Run AIR silent install...


[29/06/2010 7:26 49] done.


[29/06/2010 7:26 49] Attempt to remove eulaAccepted file


[29/06/2010 7:26 50] done.


[29/06/2010 7:26 50] run arh patch (non-blocking call)


[29/06/2010 7:26 51] done.


[29/06/2010 13:34 35] -------------------------------


[29/06/2010 13:34 35] ComcastAccessInstaller.1.58


[29/06/2010 13:34 35] -------------------------------


[29/06/2010 13:34 42] kill existing air client process if it exists...


[29/06/2010 13:34 42] done.


[29/06/2010 13:34 43] create application storage directory C:\ProgramData\com.comcast.access


[29/06/2010 13:34 43] done.


[29/06/2010 13:34 43] delete install destination directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\ComcastAccess


[29/06/2010 13:34 43] done.


[29/06/2010 13:34 43] Run MovePlayer install...


[29/06/2010 13:34 47] done.


[29/06/2010 13:34 47] Run AIR silent install...


[29/06/2010 13:35 00] done.


[29/06/2010 13:35 00] Attempt to remove eulaAccepted file


[29/06/2010 13:35 01] done.


[29/06/2010 13:35 01] run arh patch (non-blocking call)


[29/06/2010 13:35 01] done.

 

I've been working with computer for about 3 years now and I've never seen something like this before, it might be something stupid of unimportant but "ComcastAccessInstaller" doesn't sound unimportant.Can anyone tell me what this is or anything about it? Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

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Perhaps they called Comcast for support and they remoted in and installed something?

3

this appears to be a log for a client to veiw tv/videoondemand over the web.

dishnetwork dose somthing similar with it's dish anywhere service. looks like it runs using adobeAIR as a backend. I don't think it's maleware but It should be safe to delete the folder anyway.

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Thanks, sorry just sounded a bit malicious and that seemed a bit like comcast.