WebShieldService.exe

Web Shield

Parallel Lines Development, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application WebShieldService.exe, “Web Shield Service” by Parallel Lines Development has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Web Shield”.
Publisher:
Parallel Lines Development, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Web Shield

Description:
Web Shield Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
c9388b7538d7fe6b097a362ef1344f78

SHA-1:
19d408509dcada075d633aca1d061dd0cfe7ebac

SHA-256:
b51732bb3170f70bba8fe5295e5f2a75c0fd5401dc45b407f350ce8a436d151e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 11:28:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
17.1.6.4

File size:
38.9 KB (39,808 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Parallel Lines Development 2013

Original file name:
WebShieldService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\webshield\webshieldservice.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/5/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/6/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
064A26D7B85E090E11BEBC6B460594A8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/9/2013 4:27:42 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x941E

Entry point:
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[+]

Entropy:
6.0437

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
29.5 KB (30,208 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Web Shield

Service name:
WebShield

Description:
Provides system level support for Web Shield.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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