tesgwxbxai.exe

Astro Arcade

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 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 tesgwxbxai.exe, “AstroArcade Service” by Interesting 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 “TeSGWXBxAI”.
Publisher:
Interesting Solutions  (signed and verified)

Product:
Astro Arcade

Description:
AstroArcade Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
c32284e25210351bde901f815f3e1267

SHA-1:
c94cba86810859cf057de9a65ad365143f806098

SHA-256:
9d0c0814b579970a4e827b14dc882bf21630adc1908061a2beb319f585a2cfb3

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:
12/25/2024 12:05:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.11.26.18

File size:
2.2 MB (2,319,728 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Interesting Solutions 2014

Original file name:
AstroArcadeService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\lapxecd\tesgwxbxai.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/3/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Interesting Solutions, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Interesting 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:
7AA52A387DFF197F28163BDDC97B61EA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 8:35:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:AFZCULGB8cgSeeOZGRANv1BlXyiHpXiD9VyVfi0uavNOAL+Hocu:i4UBi+NRRJyD94Vfi0BNOnE

Entry address:
0x2360FE

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

Code size:
2.2 MB (2,310,656 bytes)

Service
Display name:
TeSGWXBxAI

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
Winmgmt CryptSvc


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