bfdwsdt.exe

HQ Cinema Video 1.8V21.12

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 bfdwsdt.exe, “HQ Cinema Video 1.8V21.12 exe” by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named BFDWSDT triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
HQ VideoV21.12  (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
HQ Cinema Video 1.8V21.12

Description:
HQ Cinema Video 1.8V21.12 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
c48a7fba894515fbd4b875270cacc6b5

SHA-1:
99f19a8e413baa981aad67f04c9668b46eb0efe9

SHA-256:
dff2355eb569c9cae3c3f0407b86fa5e88e4786c64ec7010d320eb7a2cc6c702

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage).

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:30:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@kegtsldO
6213306

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.197.38

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141223

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@kegtsldO
1.0.20.1780

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Plush.GRI
20438

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@kegtsldO
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@kegtsldO
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@kegtsldO
14.12.24

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

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

Malwarebytes
v2014.12.22.08

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!C48A7FBA8945
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@kegtsldO
15.0.0.1068

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@kegtsldO
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.22.08

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.Task.H
15.1.4.17

File size:
1.7 MB (1,815,520 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HQ Cinema Video 1.8V21.12.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\bfdwsdt.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 9:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 9:29:59 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:
12/21/2014 9:04:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Ast9wCtB0j8u25S3Imf6nULpSt79T4qJZ1V1DzP:l4c+jtp6dFP5

Entry address:
0xD0664

Entry point:
E8, 66, E4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 99, E5, 00, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 90, E5, 00, 00, 8B, 30, E8, 83, E5, 00, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, C0, 43, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, 20, F2, 52, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 69, 2D, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, 20, F2, 52, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, 3B, D2...
 
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Entropy:
6.8901

Code size:
971.5 KB (994,816 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
BFDWSDT

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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