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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 15 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 App Lid by Lid. 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:
d8c8790bb15465d6900ca38f873e8944

SHA-1:
fb5934b9c54d1f7c0fbfc51624d282f99e294ff2

SHA-256:
676dae6384a7b2c956e1b24c33075bd4fdb27cb860e93808fbeac172def2e80f

Scanner detections:
15 / 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).

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:34:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@li!@Ifni
6213306

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141222

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@li!@Ifni
1.0.20.1780

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@li!@Ifni
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@li!@Ifni
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@li!@Ifni
14.12.24

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

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@li!@Ifni
15.0.0.1068

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@li!@Ifni
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.22.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.9c2
1.0.0.1015

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\app lid\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
12/1/2015 11:59:59 PM

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 11:33:27 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:EcKAyn9DzU/1RgsuPIFFby7vh2+ARD/ZgbOOt6x8Gc1LnT18hJsWjcd0w8IW/:xyn9XU/PKiFby7vcNRF92LT1L0w8I+

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:
App Lid

Display publisher:
Lid

Display version:
1.35.12.18

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\App Lid\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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