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Websteroids

Creative Island Media, LLC

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 module common.dll by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Websteroids’.
Publisher:
Creative Island Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Websteroids

Version:
2.6.53

MD5:
aa29d1e2b46ff7cbccbe8f338ea2a0a8

SHA-1:
17b9da7b6c696237324314de764cb41e937a12f0

SHA-256:
58bfcc319dc5b1c097b8d4ac6053406c5c80e3a42fc9ec2c45aa241d72560db7

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/23/2024 10:47:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.CreativeIslandMedia (M)
16.1.23.7

File size:
399.9 KB (409,464 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.53

Copyright:
(c) Creative Island Media, LLC

Original file name:
common.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\websteroids\ie\common.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Creative Island Media, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/20/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/21/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
68F23F4D2767F6491DEA9186F2E5CB89

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/18/2013 8:03:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Tv0n4PCCWLGrloWs1qSnes/xkmNQcuPXb5SswSiqBUWVoM3aitC:QUrXs1nn//9NOPX1S4KitC

Entry address:
0x15A0C

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 14, 5D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, A0, 9C, 04, 10, 57, 8B, 06, C6, 45, FF, 00, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 7B, 10, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, EE, C1, FF, FF, 8B, 4E, 0C, 8B, 46, 08, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, DE, C1, FF, FF, 8B, 45, 08, F6, 40, 04, 66, 0F, 85, 19, 01, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, 10, 8D, 55, E8...
 
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Code size:
232.5 KB (238,080 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Websteroids

CLSID:
{44ed99e2-16a6-4b89-80d6-5b21cf42e78b}


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