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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 13 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 Ge-Force by iWebar. This file is typically installed with the program Ge-Force 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:
98a67344fe3d5ad0a4f018e5fd32e449

SHA-1:
ba476c97ba8ede7610e4a4289b5cfe1976aca937

SHA-256:
e2984c6026ec3a80cd53610ba6cf322bf8416b4a6c1d8a23a7b3125f7c422dcd

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/24/2024 5:10:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l4NqD@pi
6213306

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l4NqD@pi
1.0.20.1780

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l4NqD@pi
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l4NqD@pi
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l4NqD@pi
14.12.24

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

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l4NqD@pi
15.0.0.1068

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l4NqD@pi
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.22.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
15.1.4.17

File size:
113 KB (115,680 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 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 12:33:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ocKAyn9DzU/1RgsuPIFFby7vh2+ARD/ZgbOOt6x8Gc1LnT18hJsWjcd0w8IWE:Vyn9XU/PKiFby7vcNRF92LT1L0w8Ix

Entry address:
0x7DCF

Entry point:
E8, 4D, 66, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 08, A1, 41, 00, E8, 2B, 0A, 00, 00, E8, A4, 3C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, E0, 65, 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, C1, 5F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 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.
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