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MovieModeService.exe

Movie Mode Service

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 MovieModeService.exe by GenTechnologies Apps has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Movie Mode”. This file is typically installed with the program Movie Mode by GenTechnologies Apps, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Publisher:

GenTechnologies Apps, LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

Movie Mode Service

Version:

1.0.0.0

MD5:

181ac56b762ef25690b9c90b233a8b4b

SHA-1:

5a55b570cd3f9f14903a070946263ee3e14a1e8f

SHA-256:

81194062fb0cba71f0a11be55fd4f32ba6563474936e1f40fc26e1b784add470

Scanner detections:

25 / 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:

4/26/2024 5:18:36 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Kazy.380518

623

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.PullUpdate

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.212.220

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-150522

AVG

MalSign.GenTec

2016.0.3101

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate

4.0.3.15522

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Kazy.380518

1.0.20.710

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

18075

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.175

9.0.1.0142

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Android.Trojan.Boqx

8.15.05.22.01

ESET NOD32

MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)

9.9656

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/PullUpdate

5/22/2015

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Kazy.380518

11.2015-22-05_6

G Data

Gen:Variant.Kazy.380518

15.5.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Agent

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.178.12292

Malwarebytes

Adware.MovieMode

v2015.05.22.01

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Kazy.380518

16.0.0.426

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Trojan.Adware.988

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Injekt.GenTechnologiesApps

15.5.22.13

Sophos

Pull Update

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]

9860

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0323

7.2.142

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4872425

29800

XVirus List

Win.Detected

2.3.31

File size:

51.6 KB (52,880 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.0

Original file name:

MovieModeService.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\ProgramData\moviemode\moviemodeservice.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

GenTechnologies Apps, LLC

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

5/30/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/31/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:

2/6/2014 7:22:31 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

768:Tjf1CzQIMERaSlL4OynwdqhP+9tYD7vIB7+eZCACoGhZoW8YGobMEh:HYL86qP+vYYB7+eTCoGhZniQh

Entry address:

0xC52E

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.9603

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

41.5 KB (42,496 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Movie Mode

Service name:

MovieMode

Description:

Provides system level support for Movie Mode.

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

The file MovieModeService.exe has been discovered within the following program.

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

88% remove it

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-32-118-15.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (52.32.118.15:80)

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