8c457d04-4a86-4ea7-ba97-31d35606fb17-10.exe

Media+PlayerVidEd2.1

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 8c457d04-4a86-4ea7-ba97-31d35606fb17-10.exe, “Media+PlayerVidEd2.1 exe” by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Enter  (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Media+PlayerVidEd2.1

Description:
Media+PlayerVidEd2.1 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
dfa48550d21e43fda4145f8b0f0fc2d1

SHA-1:
47b8213bc065693adc11f9bcd08b73a2dc6de2df

SHA-256:
37ad631adb6ce86992960e73de5e29ec768410203d781a40a9f99fd9b15ea75d

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:48:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.194.194

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141219

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

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
14.12.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerVideo.A
v2014.12.19.05

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.19.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.h
15.1.4.17

File size:
1.1 MB (1,136,096 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Media+PlayerVidEd2.1.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\media+playervided2.1\8c457d04-4a86-4ea7-ba97-31d35606fb17-10.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/30/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/1/2015 5:59:59 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:
12/19/2014 5:17:03 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ilZxtF5BVxGG8CKHf9s9UCAjpTTTpSBXStELQRFqHh/i:ab5BfGC/qpTTTpSBXyFRFYh/i

Entry address:
0x8A279

Entry point:
E8, BF, FE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, D8, B9, 4F, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 98, 81, 4F, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, D8, B9, 4F, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.4653

Code size:
709.5 KB (726,528 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
8c457d04-4a86-4ea7-ba97-31d35606fb17-10_user

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
8c457d04-4a86-4ea7-ba97-31d35606fb17-10.exe \rawdata=pgqskeiy96gtlpcgv7utvvs9khzcod\zxfee2xgs8


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-50-63-202-32.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.32:80)

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