qcscafg.exe

Comet Arcade

Acute Angle Solutions Ltd.

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 qcscafg.exe, “CometArcade Service” by Acute Angle 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 “QCSCaFg”.
Publisher:
Acute Angle Solutions  (signed by Acute Angle Solutions Ltd.)

Product:
Comet Arcade

Description:
CometArcade Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
b9e8664cb61f81eb9f6e151201a55097

SHA-1:
f8dece69bda8b9448389c55074c4fa3cdbc5efb7

SHA-256:
790c7da373004ee273f9d1ea56fea23b87e5d49098b6a91634cdf8c47044f2e5

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:
4/24/2024 10:39:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
17.1.22.12

File size:
2.6 MB (2,726,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Acute Angle Solutions 2014

Original file name:
CometArcadeService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\uniyoxtxp\qcscafg.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/31/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/1/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Acute Angle Solutions Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Acute Angle Solutions Ltd., 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:
0A7A77148C6F7A33F9174DA187F6FEF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/23/2014 9:19:56 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x2995BE

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:
2.6 MB (2,717,184 bytes)

Service
Display name:
QCSCaFg

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


Remove qcscafg.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security