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gfxqri.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 gfxqri.exe, “ZombieNews Service” by Time Lapse Solutions 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 “GfXqrI”. 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:
c4d208be235470060cffd13460c61d4d

SHA-1:
41953ea762b34334b107ece42b2e2b3d53df950b

SHA-256:
d082568d2c827d4e4fbfe0a0c126abdc1c7ee3477c083ca9ee0c5255746e200d

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:
4/20/2024 8:22:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CBD
2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate
4.0.3.141123

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
11/23/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Downloader
t3scan.1.8.3.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ZombieNews.A
v2014.11.23.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.TimeLapseSolutions.G
14.11.23.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4872425
35010

File size:
2.6 MB (2,726,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Time Lapse Solutions 2014

Original file name:
ZombieNewsService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\gfpmsdxse\gfxqri.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Time Lapse Solutions

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/25/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Time Lapse Solutions, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Time Lapse Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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:
4E2D648A5233B2106CC4A2A6BE9F33FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/24/2014 1:25:10 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:OH6uNsh5nvcCdD2G4t10XJuTQ5lnOp5ayV+C7L1gS75RxQieWQRIIC8csA:OtmvDp2Gs1AJuWnOC8H7L1X71lQRIn

Entry address:
0x2995AE

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9997

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

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,717,184 bytes)

Service
Display name:
GfXqrI

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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