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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 10 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 HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV21.12 by HQ-VideoV21.12. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0bf8e742d2b424b8568561f4150ae3b1

SHA-1:
de91a39d5511d840a3f147389ad910990c0ab3b7

SHA-256:
d5f59ddec1950952328e1fd0d7322e03e0c224f44057f8ff8cdb7c4d89b2c4e5

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/26/2024 9:50:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@leEIqMgi
6209727

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@leEIqMgi
1.0.20.1775

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

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

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

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@leEIqMgi
14.12.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@leEIqMgi
15.0.0.1065

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

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
15.1.4.17

File size:
114 KB (116,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hq-video-pro-2.1cv21.12\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 2:59:59 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 8:22:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ZPtwkFJObK4UsuPmcF8kCVfBIR2TanuiOoy6fcF1SsU7sWjcdbscDyFW:ZPFJOMjF8kCxBlUu1SzEbFDyE

Entry address:
0x809F

Entry point:
E8, 3F, 66, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A0, A1, 41, 00, E8, 2B, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 60, 31, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, D2, 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, B3, 5F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
79 KB (80,896 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV21.12

Display publisher:
HQ-VideoV21.12

Display version:
1.35.12.18

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV21.12\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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