7d22980a-d08b-4b8b-b8a4-20c31b441105-6.exe

Ge-Force

Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application 7d22980a-d08b-4b8b-b8a4-20c31b441105-6.exe by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Ge-Force by Sailor Project which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension platform. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
iWebar  (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Ge-Force

Description:
Ge-Force exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
c815607470cb403f8d2984cea803cc21

SHA-1:
785cc128da803c0067e7812ed1181f12fcd416bf

SHA-256:
0651bc336fec27960ae3b88cb31628ebf8ccb735e5d91d43a48e5b3145689154

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 1:04:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.uz1@kqD9Iqoi
6209727

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.197.16

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.uz1@kqD9Iqoi
1.0.20.1775

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.uz1@kqD9Iqoi
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.uz1@kqD9Iqoi
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.uz1@kqD9Iqoi
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
t3scan.1.8.5.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
14.0.0.2760

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GeForce.A
v2014.12.21.07

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.uz1@kqD9Iqoi
15.0.0.1065

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.uz1@kqD9Iqoi
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.g
15.1.4.17

File size:
1.3 MB (1,380,832 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2016

Original file name:
Ge-Force.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ge-force\7d22980a-d08b-4b8b-b8a4-20c31b441105-6.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C5692390E715129E144F950D09DA6E8A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2014 6:18:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:c+OvhwlzAxH3/YIzkljF4Kst3a9XboTtSpSEmtjModfO1IM:Uhdvx2jAaVoTtSpSEmtjModfO1IM

Entry address:
0xAFAFD

Entry point:
E8, 14, 01, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 18, 87, 51, 00, E8, 6D, 76, 00, 00, E8, 34, 53, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A7, 00, 01, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 9F, 8D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
891.5 KB (912,896 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
7d22980a-d08b-4b8b-b8a4-20c31b441105-6

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
7d22980a-d08b-4b8b-b8a4-20c31b441105-6.exe \rawdata=wc+cle7iqmhyrdw+7zhmzbssfsbiu9qrcbuaexcyr


The file 7d22980a-d08b-4b8b-b8a4-20c31b441105-6.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Ge-Force  by Sailor Project
Ge-Force/iWebbar is an advertising supported (adware) extension that runs in the context of the user's web browser as well as a process in the background.
crossrider.com/install/61911-ge-forces
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to tlb.hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.0.196:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.10:80)

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