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moviemode64.exe

Movie Mode

GenTechnologies Apps, LLC

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 moviemode64.exe by GenTechnologies Apps has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Movie Mode by GenTechnologies Apps, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
GenTechnologies Apps, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Movie Mode

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
359294bd41c9f780748e811522507ea8

SHA-1:
48c8b65ca64c2a8cc1ca3967549c2760d2ed074e

SHA-256:
99c1dc3ca60917c8dd4fafcd9bb5dc31d0c8915db54be2a0fe8591c7471fa1ac

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/19/2024 2:20:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.GenTec
2015.0.3500

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
8.9698

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of moviemode.exe (Adware)
2014.7.7.12

Malwarebytes
Adware.MovieMode
v2014.04.19.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GenTechnologiesApps.L
14.8.15.15

File size:
149.1 KB (152,720 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © GenTechnologies Apps, LLC 2014

Original file name:
MovieMode.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\moviemode\up\2.6.78\moviemode64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GenTechnologies Apps, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/29/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="GenTechnologies Apps, LLC", O="GenTechnologies Apps, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Avenue, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=California, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
06D4A5EDA561071FC293924D6DFC6300

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/18/2014 2:48:43 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ivmO0denAi7Hkog6W955sE6reTGLZfVE+ebJ2LOIGKGzW:0mcHtQ955sE6r26VzekCIGKGC

Entry address:
0x98FE

Entry point:
48, A1, 00, 20, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, E0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 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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Code size:
30.5 KB (31,232 bytes)

The file moviemode64.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Movie Mode  by GenTechnologies Apps, LLC
Run by Creative Island Media, LLC, this is an adware (ad-supported) web browser extension that is difficult to remove and will hijack the user's web browser search page as well as inject advertisements.
www.moviemodeapp.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-180-179.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.180.179:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-112-218-190.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (50.112.218.190:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a72-246-97-40.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (72.246.97.40:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-244-3-176.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.244.3.176:80)

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