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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 9 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program HDQ-1.2cV19.12 by HDQ-1.2cV19.12. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1aa8c10623f27870bc9d27d559f6ca1b

SHA-1:
f2f62bb7f27d7b64c6fd2c6681b5436d87a9ecd7

SHA-256:
0a3b17e8915514624a49da3641e62d0dd3e0eb902cace0916e4b622db59653de

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/25/2024 8:57:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lelD09ji
776

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141221

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lelD09ji
1.0.20.1775

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)
8.10907

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lelD09ji
11.2014-21-12_1

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lelD09ji
14.12.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lelD09ji
15.0.0.1065

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
15.1.4.17

File size:
98 KB (100,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hdq-1.2cv19.12\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 3:59:59 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:
12/19/2014 3:07:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Bvjqw91CRJ2XXwbvsuPZyxdR8FGw55KuZvcclxsWjcdbX/q97R:h91CfyX6vFG2jR+bX/q9t

Entry address:
0x7A27

Entry point:
E8, 25, 59, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 88, 60, 41, 00, E8, 23, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 83, 23, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B8, 58, 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, 99, 52, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.2900

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
HDQ-1.2cV19.12

Display publisher:
HDQ-1.2cV19.12

Display version:
1.35.12.18

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\HDQ-1.2cV19.12\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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