hjdt.exe

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 hjdt.exe, “HDQ-1.2cV22.12 exe” by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12  (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12

Description:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
4c8abeed3a10a9dcd5002ba150dfd9b5

SHA-1:
4ba5b8f09bf06fdfa96f5e82d7d9a2f261b83276

SHA-256:
f5a6f51ce0042b91017410b16570bebc966b424c941dcf8ad3aea4b0575c2e95

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage).

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 9:08:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@kmL9m0fO
6212523

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2014.12.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.197.26

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141221

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@kmL9m0fO
1.0.20.1775

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@kmL9m0fO
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@kmL9m0fO
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@kmL9m0fO
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.8.5.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
v2014.12.21.11

McAfee
Artemis!5D1D4A19D092
5600.6908

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@kmL9m0fO
15.0.0.1065

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@kmL9m0fO
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.Task.E
15.1.4.17

File size:
1.4 MB (1,487,840 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\hjdt.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 6:59:59 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 6:34:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:49VaV3fgHDcrzWaqkxkKfRPuIQLfxPOJ9c2xZiRB+RuZ0DpSLuTv:4XH4v3EmRuI6E9pif0DpSLuTv

Entry address:
0xED83B

Entry point:
E8, 3D, FE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 70, FF, 00, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 67, FF, 00, 00, 8B, 30, E8, 5A, FF, 00, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, C9, 5C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, D0, D7, 54, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 13, 2F, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, D0, D7, 54, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, D4, EB...
 
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Entropy:
6.6157

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,122,304 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
HJDT

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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