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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 as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application MovieModeService.exe by GenTechnologies Apps has been detected as adware by 16 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:

a80df9092be0cbbfb749e215897767d0

SHA-1:

5d487062ff6e7e6cafbeb6fe56a7c33b832e7981

SHA-256:

c601e3e6fdd7e2e511f5991ff61e9480bdd9ddd4a63ee717a63f90bae41de185

Scanner detections:

16 / 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 1:38:01 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen

7.11.164.30

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-140808

AVG

MalSign.GenTec

2015.0.3500

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate

4.0.3.1488

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

18061

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.175

9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Android.Trojan.Boqx

8.14.04.18.10

ESET NOD32

MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)

8.9698

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/PullUpdate

8/8/2014

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Agent

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes

Adware.MovieMode

v2014.04.18.10

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Trojan.Adware.988

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Service.GenTechnologiesApps.Q

14.8.15.15

SUPERAntiSpyware

Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]

10435

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0323

7.2.108

XVirus List

Win.Detected

2.3.31

File size:

65.1 KB (66,704 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\up\2.6.78\moviemodeservice.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 2:49:01 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:kLnfc6r+N1MyKaqMP+419maqDZZm1XPwZDWeTxBwj:krhrLyKzo+419maqDMXPwZDPQ

Entry address:

0xFBBE

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, 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, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00... 
[+]

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

55 KB (56,320 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 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 ec2-54-218-62-24.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (54.218.62.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-42-90-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (52.42.90.80:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a184-50-239-90.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (184.50.239.90:80)

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-186-84-255.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (54.186.84.255:80)

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-16-174-255.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com (52.16.174.255:80)

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