Websteroids.exe

Websteroids

Creative Island Media, 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 as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application Websteroids.exe by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program Websteroids by Creative Island Media, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Creative Island Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Websteroids

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
38ac6971b123adfa8c54551694b4f827

SHA-1:
677cb80f6468ca7890173bd76139cb3253ee6329

SHA-256:
6a001d1a5060cdfcef5db56251c8006bc3ce1deb2cbcf7a4e0f8afb272a38655

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:
4/26/2024 9:46:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.CreativeIslandMedia (M)
16.2.6.21

File size:
41.9 KB (42,872 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Creative Island Media, LLC 2014

Original file name:
Websteroids.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\websteroids\websteroids.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, 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:
0ED42A15C608C5CB28B1EF56CE392E5E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/24/2014 5:42:00 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:wWvmF80denAu7jLcoRDYv1xm7tWOm5TsP86gA+PKSizYcHeGK9Fuolf:jvmy0denAu7jLcoGbKW95TsU6gAaKSv5

Entry address:
0x98FE

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

Code size:
30.5 KB (31,232 bytes)

The file Websteroids.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Websteroids  by Creative Island Media, LLC
This is ad-supported (adware) software, part of Injekt, that is very difficult to remove as the publisher will ignore the Windows Add/Remove feature and re-install it after the user reboot their PC.
www.websteroidsapp.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update.betterxperience.com  (54.218.62.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.pullupdate.com  (54.230.15.37:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.betterxperience.com  (54.230.13.123:80)

 
http://d.betterxperience.com/updater/dedu.txt

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