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HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV19.11

Winston Project

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application uw.exe, “HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV19.11 exe” by Winston Project has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
HQ-VideoV19.11  (signed by Winston Project)

Product:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV19.11

Description:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV19.11 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
111b57eae58e29e5fdb4d5dfb218b9b1

SHA-1:
23e284d93f4e8d9c12b93fd3122caf2226c4ddee

SHA-256:
55117f2f2aff2394cd9fbf6fbf55281b8b977b5a09e986f5d2880f5b14a70af9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 1:39:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle (M)
17.3.10.13

File size:
1.5 MB (1,521,560 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV19.11.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\uw.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Winston Project

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/19/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Winston Project, O=Winston Project, STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B312FD1B7F10CF48C48080B24091FB8E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2014 5:35:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0xEEEA0

Entry point:
E8, 51, FE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 84, FF, 00, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 7B, FF, 00, 00, 8B, 30, E8, 6E, FF, 00, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, C4, 5C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, 40, 2E, 55, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 0E, 2F, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, 40, 2E, 55, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, CD, EB...
 
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Code size:
1.1 MB (1,141,248 bytes)

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