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Winston Project

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 Winston Project has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program PlusHD Q-9.1V22.11 by PlusHD Q-9.1V22.11. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Winston Project  (signed and verified)

MD5:
47ed8527d071655c547d9320ad73f506

SHA-1:
75ee28741d3a0893006d89e74c589c3399f87aad

SHA-256:
722217a80de3c30073c2d3c2a4d5e45f1b94002533858e782927b8a6d3a158e4

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:
4/25/2024 7:38:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle (M)
17.3.10.20

File size:
102.4 KB (104,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\plushd q-9.1v22.11\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Winston Project

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Winston Project, O=Winston Project, 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:
00B312FD1B7F10CF48C48080B24091FB8E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/21/2014 3:42:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x58D7

Entry point:
E8, CE, 66, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 10, 6F, 41, 00, E8, 23, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 01, 32, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 61, 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, 42, 60, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4187

Code size:
68 KB (69,632 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PlusHD Q-9.1V22.11

Display publisher:
PlusHD Q-9.1V22.11

Display version:
1.35.9.29

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\PlusHD Q-9.1V22.11\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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