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elrqaklq.exe

TV Wizard

Small Island Development

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 application elrqaklq.exe by Small Island Development has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “ELrQAKlq”. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Small Island Development  (signed and verified)

Product:
TV Wizard

Description:
TVWizard Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
b4c737926995f693f5b2e8d7c34fb017

SHA-1:
46fd36ee89667c6864cc382a8531d64bea3c7547

SHA-256:
c2e1447f9a57a12554f484347ba64770b8c498088a82ea3c35ffc105f86056c8

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/27/2024 2:03:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.206.68

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CBD
2014.0.4253

Dr.Web
Adware.Yontoo.55
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.TVWizard.A
v2015.02.01.04

Panda Antivirus
Adware/TVWizard
15.02.01.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Injekt
15.2.1.4

File size:
2.6 MB (2,733,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Small Island Development 2015

Original file name:
TVWizardService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\jpojriff\elrqaklq.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Small Island Development

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Small Island Development, O=Small Island Development, 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:
2ACB4CDCE993E485342ABFA2BCA95A17

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/31/2015 9:32:20 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:JK/LAaFVMT9pSxC/cCzjwYDFwKLUiw0az8U4K0sPfyxsmifPzogYmK/V:OLAk8c7CvwYDFwKLW0e8UmCvPzo7mE

Entry address:
0x29B02E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

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

Service
Display name:
ELrQAKlq

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-16-174-255.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.16.174.255:80)

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