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cigxzx.exe

Zombie News

Time Lapse Solutions

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application cigxzx.exe, “ZombieNews Service” by Time Lapse Solutions has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “CiGXZx”. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Time Lapse Solutions  (signed and verified)

Product:
Zombie News

Description:
ZombieNews Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
5401b9b17b87bdea5f33233eda7c2c0d

SHA-1:
bb7b8401108608858b9781d32378bd4817478d01

SHA-256:
bc0de8ada66269170bae65fc7a7e257cfda72d65885d68136cb499ce43d9601f

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 3:58:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.218.230

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3156

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.PullUpdate
4.0.3.15328

Dr.Web
Adware.Yontoo.55
9.0.1.087

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen (variant)
9.11354

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
3/28/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15334

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ZombieNews.A
v2015.03.28.06

McAfee
Artemis!5401B9B17B87
5600.6812

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Injekt
15.3.28.18

Sophos
Generic PUA LL
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0318
7.2.87

VIPRE Antivirus
MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate
38624

File size:
2.6 MB (2,733,032 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Time Lapse Solutions 2015

Original file name:
ZombieNewsService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\llhwjgffw\cigxzx.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Time Lapse Solutions

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/25/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/26/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Time Lapse Solutions, O=Time Lapse Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
088D68E27F37630FE9E23AD19AC872B3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/18/2015 3:38:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:qBS8rwprt8se56PnUO2rfMXQrBFhzazXcR/sblsDo8JY9HJpZBsribLOuSW:b8rwp58seUPSEiuX8kbTp9HJpMrMq7W

Entry address:
0x29B01E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,724,352 bytes)

Service
Display name:
CiGXZx

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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