de4d9799-b57d-4a2a-ac5b-5dafc05f38e9-6.exe

PalMall

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 de4d9799-b57d-4a2a-ac5b-5dafc05f38e9-6.exe by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension platform. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
BND  (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
PalMall

Description:
PalMall exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
3dc880b4697d0a19e5f1ddd40dd5afad

SHA-1:
6b47283d15430b8f2fe3baaeee2802c2eb50b0cf

SHA-256:
ed256b91fa67d93e369265d71b1ab359e1d0e5ca250307f012b39da57fedfb9c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
5/27/2024 2:02:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider (M)
16.7.19.18

File size:
1.3 MB (1,387,488 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2016

Original file name:
PalMall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\palmall\de4d9799-b57d-4a2a-ac5b-5dafc05f38e9-6.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 5:29:59 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 5:22:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:b7i/aUGQVdlxC/rCaai5P10bViTSX8zotcUEYTgpS+m/I4cFowy1tpaov:b7i/aU3HazP1/SXntcUPTgpS+m/DcFoN

Entry address:
0xAFB2D

Entry point:
E8, 12, 01, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, C0, A9, 51, 00, E8, 6D, 76, 00, 00, E8, 34, 53, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A5, 00, 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, 0E, 9A, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.3862

Code size:
897 KB (918,528 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
de4d9799-b57d-4a2a-ac5b-5dafc05f38e9-6

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (52.216.17.138:80)

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