sxywu.exe

HQ-Video-Pro-2.1V26.11

Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application sxywu.exe, “HQ-Video-Pro-2.1V26.11 exe” by Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address ip-50-63-202-40.ip.secureserver.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
HQ-VideoV26.11  (signed by Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1V26.11

Description:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1V26.11 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
e03fbdbbdcb4a19e6d833cce9d8a52c9

SHA-1:
0b1de48a7c34ed04f4a121532a51708afd3cf794

SHA-256:
454f3a7ba12174336e6269e927875a8d71d29319c789b4f945ad1622c4208b93

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:13:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.HQVideoV2611 (M)
16.2.17.7

File size:
1.3 MB (1,366,488 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1V26.11.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\sxywu.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/16/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
685AE12077846353AA542302DA532ABD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2014 8:04:44 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:9smNJaQH5cSQd4riQ6BVsaBpHVOVxfGhjD0Hy0FZAZmu97umR19SpS+BmTW:9smyG5ifBVsGVye1f0FHtmR19SpS+QTW

Entry address:
0xCEA60

Entry point:
E8, DB, E4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 0E, E6, 00, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 05, E6, 00, 00, 8B, 30, E8, F8, E5, 00, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, 94, 43, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, B0, DD, 52, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 6D, 2D, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, B0, DD, 52, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, 95, D2...
 
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Code size:
965 KB (988,160 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-50-63-202-40.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.40:80)

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