uninstall.exe

Creative Island Media, LLC

This is the uninstall module for the Injekt branded web browser extension program which injects advertising in the web browser as well as modifies the browser settings. The uninstaller is registered within Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. The application uninstall.exe by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 3 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 Tube Dimmer by Creative Island Media, LLC. This file is typically installed with the program Tube Dimmer by Creative Island Media, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Creative Island Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
edaf122315bd53a501faf6d8e72ba6b2

SHA-1:
19acf733d666d0d6b765df377c8ced6dbdf4fe44

SHA-256:
6c256cf6382fb163ef968e7907e9425f30a8191821e72087bfd9f097a1aa64d7

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
4/16/2024 1:10:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

G Data
Win32.Application.TubeDimmer
15.9.22

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.CreativeIslandMedia.Installer (M)
15.9.9.12

VIPRE Antivirus
SearchDonkey
25030

File size:
501.4 KB (513,400 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\tubedimmer\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/22/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, 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:
68F23F4D2767F6491DEA9186F2E5CB89

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/19/2013 8:52:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:I+TETooc5SYybsI7fgR5rg5ewOSlXF5IK9h1WQPp8:I+gUoccYEf4rftSlrHD1WGp8

Entry address:
0x3F25C

Entry point:
E8, 23, CF, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 9C, 23, 47, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 60, 00, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 9C, 23, 47, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85...
 
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Code size:
371 KB (379,904 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Tube Dimmer

Display publisher:
Creative Island Media, LLC

Display version:
2.6.49

Uninstall string:
C:\ProgramData\TubeDimmer\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=2


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

Tube Dimmer  by Creative Island Media, LLC
This software is part of the Injekt, LLC brands of web browser extensions that inject advertisements (banners and popups) in the user's web browser. From the site: "Tube Dimmer works by installing a browser extension in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome.
www.tubedimmerapp.com/about.html
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update.betterxperience.com  (54.218.62.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.pullupdate.com  (54.230.15.37:80)

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