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App Lid

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 app lid-bg.exe by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Lid  (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
App Lid

Description:
App Lid exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
2ff8c968907bd46a0b6b3208f8e5f0f7

SHA-1:
2812f9a55622cfd21afa0b5daf90cfda6785337f

SHA-256:
3d163cb6d9a46ef24e792330de636a6c8ac689355571b5d5ccc3d5d76fde355c

Scanner detections:
18 / 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.

Note:
Crossrider is the owner of a platform that enables the creation of cross-browser extensions by developers but is not the owner of this detected application. The owner/publisher of this file is Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited).

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 11:09:55 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@kGmZZuii
6213306

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2014.12.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.197.30

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141223

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@kGmZZuii
1.0.20.1780

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@kGmZZuii
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@kGmZZuii
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@kGmZZuii
14.12.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppLid.A
v2014.12.22.05

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@kGmZZuii
15.0.0.1068

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@kGmZZuii
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.22.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.K
15.1.4.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.141221

File size:
526 KB (538,592 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
App Lid.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\app lid\app lid-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
12/1/2015 11:59:59 PM

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:
12/21/2014 11:36:46 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:D01LkFPsRNhSb5rkKsKF0HDTWQrbh2Tw4D:DEkFPsR3Sb5nGcTjD

Entry address:
0x46CBA

Entry point:
E8, AD, AF, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 80, D7, 47, 00, E8, 20, 30, 00, 00, E8, B7, 1B, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 40, AF, 00, 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, 7F, 35, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
405 KB (414,720 bytes)

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