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lcylus.exe

Web Guard

Interesting Solutions

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 lcylus.exe by Interesting Solutions has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Interesting Solutions  (signed and verified)

Product:
Web Guard

Description:
WebGuard

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
65583dcffe6904ed0d4b30f2ad19402a

SHA-1:
ffda8452c6efa72e11391735c4ad6d5f2f841a3a

SHA-256:
298c4940d621924fe781be548a2f5ce1afd68aea2cab4f5001c5a97a08810b8f

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:
11/23/2024 5:01:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.10.16.8

File size:
47 KB (48,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Interesting Solutions 2015

Original file name:
WebGuard.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\kuqluolb\dat\lcylus.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Interesting Solutions

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/18/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/19/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Interesting Solutions, O=Interesting Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
65BAC0C20EBC1780150DDA8808B0161A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/30/2015 3:30:53 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:JYoU6+SSpKim7MYS8RTyD+Uc0PZNSxm1MNzTdbvezK11ChTVFBmw1jS7iUEesxJP:J18SMYbRWCUVMVTdbGzBVf4IRJP

Entry address:
0xB82E

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

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-55-149-163.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.55.149.163:80)

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