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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 as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The module common.dll by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. 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:
2.6.49

MD5:
3a047963a84a653d75bc9e5bc0b058cd

SHA-1:
719b0b4fbd67b5d3e4da3ffe301d83683de64e5c

SHA-256:
93de4279a36a2de83aca09d08b372faad55f65b54ee19e2f54fb910b631a79fe

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
4/26/2024 9:51:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.NUR
1023

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:BHO-AMO [PUP]
2014.9-140417

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.NUR
1.0.20.535

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.128
9.0.1.0107

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.NUR
8.14.04.17.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExFriendAlert (variant)
8.9675

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ExFriendAlert
4/17/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.NUR
11.2014-17-04_5

G Data
Adware.Agent.NUR
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11755

McAfee
Artemis!3A047963A84A
5600.7157

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.NUR
15.0.0.321

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Plugin.ctuood
0.28.0.59048

nProtect
Adware.Agent.NUR
14.04.14.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.CreativeIslandMedia.G
14.8.7.20

Sophos
Search Donkey
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1214
7.2.107

VIPRE Antivirus
SearchDonkey
28228

File size:
399.9 KB (409,464 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.49

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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/21/2014 7:59:59 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

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

ProgID:
DynConIE.DynConIEObject.1

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/19/2013 10:46:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yv0n4PCCWLGrloWs1qSnes/xkmNQcBPX/ZEzs+SeqBUWVoM3qitZ:dUrXs1nn//9NhPXBSqaitZ

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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