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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 28 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 HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV18.12 by HQ-VideoV18.12. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1028a58b7bbf4bf1e633a11ae52a2810

SHA-1:
c129892970a3c67dc5042623f163686f632ca989

SHA-256:
62d9411ee0018fbfb60fb506706d185b074eff22e40439be2e2fc378e0a9d825

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:24:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.fqX@lWyVu!pi
658

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.02.12

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.196.160

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3136

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.15418

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.fqX@lWyVu!pi
1.0.20.540

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.GIFI
21051

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.fqX@lWyVu!pi
8.15.07.19.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
4/18/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-53d6fe83
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.fqX@laQ9HFii
11.2015-18-04_7

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.fqX@lWyVu!pi
15.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.194.14943

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
14.0.0.2173

McAfee
Artemis!1028A58B7BBF
5600.6792

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.fqX@lWyVu!pi
16.0.0.324

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.CrossRider.dlfavg
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.fqX@lWyVu!pi
11.20150719

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.04.18.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Brightcicrle.Installer.Brightcircle
15.4.18.4

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.15416

Sophos
Generic PUA MB
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047C0ELO14
7.2.108

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R047C0ELO14
10.465.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
37472

File size:
91.5 KB (93,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hq-video-pro-2.1cv18.12\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 6:59:59 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:
12/18/2014 8:04:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:gCAMDDD+fDsI3HIUn7jAJwpacV60sWjcd76aPBaxB:HAH4sI87lj677lBar

Entry address:
0x5F30

Entry point:
E8, 03, 5C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 80, 4F, 41, 00, E8, 2A, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 96, 31, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 96, 5B, 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, 77, 55, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
57.5 KB (58,880 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV18.12

Display publisher:
HQ-VideoV18.12

Display version:
1.35.12.16

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV18.12\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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