pgfciyhnb.exe

Astro Arcade

Interesting 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 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 pgfciyhnb.exe, “AstroArcade Service” by Interesting Solutions has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “PgfCIyHnb”.
Publisher:
Interesting Solutions  (signed and verified)

Product:
Astro Arcade

Description:
AstroArcade Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
b955e31f86555dd80ba9db6c5985b86e

SHA-1:
86c7f25ec786a0e16be0e3ee95b8cafa79e2df79

SHA-256:
f9cb7d6e4332597be1e065d8873fe7c69c759b11fa086370f8544ac24a0b9ca7

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
5/4/2024 4:49:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.12.9.7

File size:
2.2 MB (2,321,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Interesting Solutions 2014

Original file name:
AstroArcadeService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\ptnwlr\pgfciyhnb.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/3/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Interesting Solutions, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Interesting Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7AA52A387DFF197F28163BDDC97B61EA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 2:32:56 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x2368DE

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:
7.9994

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

Code size:
2.2 MB (2,312,704 bytes)

Service
Display name:
PgfCIyHnb

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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