ccsvc.exe

Click Caption Client Service

CLICKCAPTION

This is part of the InfoAtoms browser extension which will display variopus forms of advertising in the web browser by injecting new ads such as banner, text-links and search results. The application ccsvc.exe by CLICKCAPTION has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Click Caption 1.10.0.4 Client Service”.
Publisher:
CLICKCAPTION  (signed and verified)

Product:
Click Caption Client Service

Version:
1.10.0.4

MD5:
88cc44e9fbeafb89a6f582a6a141b15e

SHA-1:
17936ae3d4a7499a1d7e193760eee2e58e03f1c3

SHA-256:
2f9f4c16eb6d7dda4d98d8144462de7cabcd76bcdaa28358adf79eabf4da617e

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
1/24/2025 5:41:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Vitruvian.D
785

AVG
Clickcaption
2015.0.3263

Bitdefender
Adware.Vitruvian.D
1.0.20.1725

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Vitruvian
8.14.12.11.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.Vitruvian (variant)
8.10864

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Vitruvian
12/11/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Vitruvian.D
11.2014-11-12_5

G Data
Adware.Vitruvian
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Vitruvian
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14309

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Vitruvian
14.0.0.2811

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ClickCaption.A
v2014.12.11.08

McAfee
Artemis!88CC44E9FBEA
5600.6919

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Vitruvian.D
15.0.0.1035

nProtect
Adware.Vitruvian.D
14.12.11.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.CLICKCAPTION.F
14.12.11.19

Sophos
Generic PUA BH
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1207
7.2.345

VIPRE Antivirus
InfoAtoms
35640

File size:
271.1 KB (277,584 bytes)

Product version:
1.10.0.4

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
ccsvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\clickcaption_1.10.0.4\service\ccsvc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/4/2014 2:18:53 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2016 2:18:53 PM

Subject:
E=support@clickcaption.com, CN=CLICKCAPTION, O=CLICKCAPTION, L=Dover, S=DE, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121F77BE8577127D022B4D9CE6DA92A6C1F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2014 2:19:20 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:B7DtBd02UprNJiAjDEV/kCTBJv3Brxb1D:B7DzdfUppJiAjIV/kCTlB1

Entry address:
0x21158

Entry point:
E8, 69, 56, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 85, C9, 0F, 84, 92, 00, 00, 00, 56, 53, 8B, D9, 8B, 74, 24, 14, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 7C, 24, 10, 75, 0B, C1, E9, 02, 0F, 85, 85, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 74, 2B, 84, C0, 74, 2F, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, E5, 8B, D9, C1, E9, 02, 75, 61, 83, E3, 03, 74, 13, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 84, C0, 74, 37, 83, EB, 01, 75, ED, 8B, 44...
 
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Entropy:
6.3157

Code size:
180.5 KB (184,832 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Click Caption 1.10.0.4 Client Service

Service name:
ccsvc_1.10.0.4

Description:
This service enables Click Caption 1.10.0.4 on HTTP websites

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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