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bbc31680-ba71-4e64-9c31-181248b8b459-6.exe

TheHDvid-Codec V10

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 bbc31680-ba71-4e64-9c31-181248b8b459-6.exe, “TheHDvid-Codec V10 exe” by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program TheHDvid-Codec V10 by Joseph CM which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

Publisher:

home (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:

TheHDvid-Codec V10

Description:

TheHDvid-Codec V10 exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

8915cf97c2b9540602ca4e7a0c471526

SHA-1:

5eaa73b7516ccb9475246fdfc723b5738df685fa

SHA-256:

c106c0e527912e6bc1b1f5e1b9309d5bb90273f13128887cc9241a65d0955ac3

Scanner detections:

20 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

Analysis date:

4/27/2024 4:11:43 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@meke6cki

759

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7

7.11.197.232

avast!

Win32:Malware-gen

2014.9-150106

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3237

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.CrossRider

4.0.3.1516

Bitdefender

Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@meke6cki

1.0.20.30

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)

9.10928

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/CrossRider

1/6/2015

F-Secure

Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@meke6cki

11.2015-06-01_3

G Data

Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@meke6cki

15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider

t3scan.1.8.5.0

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CroRi

14.0.0.2682

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.HDVid.A

v2015.01.06.01

McAfee

Artemis!8915CF97C2B9

5600.6893

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@meke6cki

16.0.0.18

Panda Antivirus

Generic Suspicious

15.01.06.01

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.g

15.1.6.13

VIPRE Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Generic

36086

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.CrossRider.Win32.679

2.0.0.2017

File size:

1.2 MB (1,253,856 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

TheHDvid-Codec V10.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\thehdvid-codec v10\bbc31680-ba71-4e64-9c31-181248b8b459-6.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

11/30/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

12/1/2015 3:59:59 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:

12/18/2014 3:11:46 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:9F33TpRxjl1aoN3KVkJibHsCXrbiLRrcW1IjRglTupSS7Ch84XwT+hj2KPl:91ZCo0VkhORMTupSStGwT+hj2KPl

Entry address:

0x95BA8

Entry point:

E8, A9, 01, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A0, B5, 4F, 00, E8, 02, 77, 00, 00, E8, D6, 53, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 3C, 01, 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, AD, 8E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.4216

Code size:

774.5 KB (793,088 bytes)

The file bbc31680-ba71-4e64-9c31-181248b8b459-6.exe has been discovered within the following program.

TheHDvid-Codec V10 by Joseph CM

TheHDvid-Codec 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/61180-thehdvid-codec-v10

83% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to tlb.hwcdn.net (69.16.175.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com (54.231.18.252:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to hwcdn.net (69.16.175.42:80)

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