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gkmqkhla.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 gkmqkhla.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 “GKMqKHLa”. 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:
f5851806e5252da666b895357bce2be3

SHA-1:
56d14a83d6c7c94345350e0fa38010c7165ab68f

SHA-256:
bf387a408e44f159c8ada0f0e0ade5794681beca180e1718587c862cc0c0f436

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:
4/25/2024 3:27:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.CBD
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.PullUpdate
4.0.3.15331

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Yontoo.64, Adware.Yontoo.55
9.0.1.05190

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ZombieNews.A
v2015.03.31.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Injekt
15.3.31.3

File size:
2.6 MB (2,733,032 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Time Lapse Solutions 2015

Original file name:
ZombieNewsService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\susaybedt\gkmqkhla.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Time Lapse Solutions

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/26/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/27/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Time Lapse Solutions, O=Time Lapse Solutions, 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:
088D68E27F37630FE9E23AD19AC872B3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/31/2015 4:54:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:BaJkOHH2vkN27jS/B0WmwK74B1+BnJvJBhdPsx2UcjR8rYuv3wxtxY:BIkSHQk0yJ0VDJv7h+yeYg3wxtxY

Entry address:
0x29B01E

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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Entropy:
7.9996

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

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

Service
Display name:
GKMqKHLa

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-171-226-204.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.171.226.204:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-246-181-97.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.246.181.97:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-171-43-206.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.171.43.206:80)

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