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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 14 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program BrowserAppsPlus2.1 by App. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bfd7ce8fb30e9dcf45c1ed11cbf90fdd

SHA-1:
023be0a64be183ab7b099219e118dec0a4137cce

SHA-256:
85f872df8c30da01d68f7604b6fa30833104db7737952eb23f1a9c440c77d056

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage). Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:45:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lCQxvhki
6209727

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.117728.6
7.11.197.26

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lCQxvhki
1.0.20.1775

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lCQxvhki
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lCQxvhki
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lCQxvhki
14.12.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
15.0.0.543

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lCQxvhki
15.0.0.1065

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lCQxvhki
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
15.1.4.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

File size:
115 KB (117,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browserappsplus2.1\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/30/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/1/2015 5:59:59 PM

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 11:15:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:JFD/iZS8SYJPNx6XE7aqOVplbkOc1V1sWjcd63vbs36m:3H8SYx2EebiV663vbs3X

Entry address:
0x81BD

Entry point:
E8, DF, 66, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, E8, A1, 41, 00, E8, 2D, 0A, 00, 00, E8, A6, 3C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 72, 66, 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, 53, 60, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4024

Code size:
80 KB (81,920 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
BrowserAppsPlus2.1

Display publisher:
App

Display version:
1.35.12.18

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\BrowserAppsPlus2.1\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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