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Armageddon 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 uninstall.exe by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Ge-Force by iWebar. This file is typically installed with the program Ge-Force by Sailor Project which is a potentially unwanted software program. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5cea58cfa81b49da784efac8b994b971

SHA-1:
000c0f975cff63ae6e09fcd1cb4fd1bf065c4c45

SHA-256:
5a10ea7e43feb2b7ddb29b438f75e93abce3efe68d6f31ea64ff3fcc5071d0ef

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:48:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lWgQ4jki
658

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.04.04

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.A.16593
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150418

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3136

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.15418

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lWgQ4jki
1.0.20.540

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.GIFI
21639

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.23047
9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lWgQ4jki
8.15.07.19.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
4/18/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-53d6fe83
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lWgQ4jki
11.2015-18-04_7

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lWgQ4jki
15.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15480

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
14.0.0.2173

McAfee
Artemis!5CEA58CFA81B
5600.6792

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lWgQ4jki
16.0.0.324

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lWgQ4jki
11.20150719

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.04.18.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.e66
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.BrightCircle.OD6
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Brightcicrle.Installer.Brightcircle
15.4.18.4

Sophos
Generic PUA AA
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R02KC0EAB15
7.2.108

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R02KC0EAB15
10.465.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
39038

File size:
98 KB (100,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ge-force\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 6:59:59 AM

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

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

Serial number:
00C5692390E715129E144F950D09DA6E8A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/19/2014 6:07:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Nvjqw91CRJ2XXwbvsuPZyxdR8FGw55KuZvcclxsWjcdbX/q97m:191CfyX6vFG2jR+bX/q9K

Entry address:
0x7A27

Entry point:
E8, 25, 59, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 88, 60, 41, 00, E8, 23, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 83, 23, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B8, 58, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 99, 52, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Ge-Force

Display publisher:
iWebar

Display version:
1.35.12.18

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ge-Force\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


The file uninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Ge-Force  by Sailor Project
Ge-Force/iWebbar is an advertising supported (adware) extension that runs in the context of the user's web browser as well as a process in the background.
crossrider.com/install/61911-ge-forces
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