owscgfdee.exe

Mixxen

Surf Island 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 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 owscgfdee.exe by Surf Island Solutions has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “OwscGFdEe”.
Publisher:
Surf Island Solutions  (signed and verified)

Product:
Mixxen

Description:
Mixxen Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f40a07fb9d7960c9c6b643778c479a03

SHA-1:
de2fc3f3aeed1bf9b49039c52e82cc53893e77fc

SHA-256:
6b13d033419860fa05e77974e27213557bb39083ea1856c8b82acabfb243a64b

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:
12/27/2024 7:42:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.10.9.6

File size:
79.3 KB (81,248 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Surf Island Solutions 2014

Original file name:
MixxenService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\uwvoqqc\owscgfdee.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/2/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/3/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Surf Island Solutions, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Surf Island Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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:
6FB79DDB9BE296B956A7181848AE7E71

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2014 2:00:43 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:P9vzqPSWkJZDwNMArNqFJLere2PhwJ9oqJH70uEPqUYV9ztUbCF1o0:FvGdkJdwbeJCreA49oqJH78yHV9xUG1b

Entry address:
0x1382E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.8491

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

Code size:
70.5 KB (72,192 bytes)

Service
Display name:
OwscGFdEe

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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