pmwagdgbtx.exe

Plants Vs Zombies

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 pmwagdgbtx.exe, “Plants Vs Zombies Service” 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 “PMwagDgBtx”.
Publisher:
Surf Island Solutions  (signed and verified)

Product:
Plants Vs Zombies

Description:
Plants Vs Zombies Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
1ec78c5a79b37364cb925806a754e6f3

SHA-1:
6117b1df23675e15fbfbecb4588e8edb96bbd18f

SHA-256:
c59fdb36520b88abe9f7ef092f86c731787e3a45368a732642d358a7f7a926ac

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:
12/28/2024 10:58:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.9.15.22

File size:
2.6 MB (2,730,472 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Surf Island Solutions 2015

Original file name:
Plants Vs ZombiesService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\tkdaoz\pmwagdgbtx.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/22/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Surf Island Solutions, O=Surf Island 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:
469A400E8DB23A4BD7FDB0D3C842CDCC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/7/2015 1:28:51 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0Tt1HhBk0xwEVpU3/Pi9qHTPWfTlbHGxhXB6iIWijuuYXcI:asEzUv+qz+pH6xfuuuYXz

Entry address:
0x29A50E

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:
7.9996

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

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,721,280 bytes)

Service
Display name:
PMwagDgBtx

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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