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RadsteroidsService.exe

Radsteroids Service

Deals Interactive Media, 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 RadsteroidsService.exe by Deals Interactive Media 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 “Radsteroids”.
Publisher:
Deals Interactive Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Radsteroids Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f05ffb7be846b12e2ab197e3279c9cd3

SHA-1:
8ae9ea0ceb2df6966d0d945a79f22c9fe838be0a

SHA-256:
cd220edffb5b1b07451ba4f3087070ca8ab214d759ec0cd11c323c605858f70e

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:
4/26/2024 1:44:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.DealsInteractiveMedia (M)
16.2.18.9

File size:
53.4 KB (54,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Deals Interactive Media, LLC 2014

Original file name:
RadsteroidsService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\radsteroids\radsteroidsservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Deals Interactive Media, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/30/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/31/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Deals Interactive Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Deals Interactive Media, LLC", L=Houston, S=Texas, C=US

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:
1D6A627084CA20F5363E39971F838AF2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/20/2014 6:27:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:9ZzGxHiByArQogDLcAS26NQaoZ0D4X2LWgGzZmT3rY:9lGxHiByArQ3XPb6nom4X2LWgGoDrY

Entry address:
0xCE7E

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...
 
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Entropy:
5.8828

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

Code size:
44 KB (45,056 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Radsteroids

Description:
Provides system level support for Radsteroids.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

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

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

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

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