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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 15 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Internet Speed Checker by Speedchecker. This file is typically installed with the program Internet Speed Checker by Sailor Project which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e00c81a9b6bd1b2cce980cef80ccae3d

SHA-1:
0575deb82c04d0c6b0597c1f78240bf4f8577f4c

SHA-256:
dceda7c17b44b102a22fbf7029ce6ebd4d8dbb3cdd5db851288b814204b44a12

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
4/20/2024 3:20:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lyk5bDii
6212523

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.99808
7.11.197.26

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lyk5bDii
1.0.20.1775

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lyk5bDii
9.0.0.4668

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
12/21/2014

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lyk5bDii
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lyk5bDii
14.12.24

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

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lyk5bDii
15.0.0.1065

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lyk5bDii
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
15.1.4.17

File size:
97.5 KB (99,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\internet speed checker\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
12/2/2015 12:59:59 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:
12/21/2014 12:23:46 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:V87JcJvT32wQObysuPFzWwGO53JpwTWn35Vcl4sNsWjcd2yWhml+:gcJb32wQj5JSYe4sy2yWhm4

Entry address:
0x7A77

Entry point:
E8, 25, 59, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 68, 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:
Internet Speed Checker

Display publisher:
Speedchecker

Display version:
1.35.12.18

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


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

Internet Speed Checker  by Sailor Project
Internet Speed Checker is an adware web browser application that displays banner ads as well as contextual link ads that are injected in the web page.
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