zyaza.exe

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 zyaza.exe, “HDQ-1.2cV22.12 exe” by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named ZYAZA triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12  (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12

Description:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
4c941654598f20295253638c5a8af090

SHA-1:
dffc2a95627e32716e52df4d1193217cd3f59bcf

SHA-256:
11a8e6e9be35f3ead4764aee7b2d0daf351c4d8d56f334077a701761c8e9b081

Scanner detections:
18 / 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 3:58:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@km3MebmO
6212261

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.197.26

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141223

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@km3MebmO
1.0.20.1780

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Plush.GRI
20438

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@km3MebmO
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@km3MebmO
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@km3MebmO
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
t3scan.1.8.5.0

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

Malwarebytes
v2014.12.22.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@km3MebmO
15.0.0.1068

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.Uv1@km3MebmO
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.22.12

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.Task.F
15.1.4.17

File size:
1.7 MB (1,815,520 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HDQ-1.2cV22.12.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\zyaza.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 6:59:59 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 6:34:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ast9wCtB0j8u25S3Imf6nULpSt79T4qGZ1V1Dze:P4c+jtp6dFPj

Entry address:
0xD0664

Entry point:
E8, 66, E4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 99, E5, 00, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 90, E5, 00, 00, 8B, 30, E8, 83, E5, 00, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, C0, 43, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, 20, F2, 52, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 69, 2D, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, 20, F2, 52, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, 3B, D2...
 
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Entropy:
6.8900

Code size:
971.5 KB (994,816 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
ZYAZA

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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