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WebShield.exe

Web Shield

Parallel Lines Development, LLC

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 WebShield.exe by Parallel Lines Development has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
Parallel Lines Development, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Web Shield

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
552ad69a80b303b28dfd8cb93f0ef7b5

SHA-1:
9730ce256cca78f570a2d4a3e20f863981a068e1

SHA-256:
58867db16b38706653a281d2b1f9d38a32f4ee0efa446c265247eb531d0d1f84

Scanner detections:
8 / 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 2:24:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18303

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.181
9.0.1.0152

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
8.9822

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
6/1/2014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiExtension.A
v2014.06.01.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.fb2
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ParallelLinesDevelopment.J
14.8.8.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0419
7.2.152

File size:
148.4 KB (151,936 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Parallel Lines Development, LLC 2014

Original file name:
WebShield.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\webshield\up\2.6.78\webshield.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Parallel Lines Development, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/10/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

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:
5942FEB110EDE4092448C0AA0969CD7F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/19/2014 12:48:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:bvmO0denAi7HkocBgW95ps464nxCLZfVE+ebJ2LOI+qGl:LmcHt495ps464xWVzekCI+qGl

Entry address:
0x98EE

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:
4.5190

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

Code size:
30.5 KB (31,232 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-112-218-190.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (50.112.218.190:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-180-179.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.180.179:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-246-181-97.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.246.181.97:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-16-174-255.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.16.174.255:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-34-250-194-62.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (34.250.194.62:80)

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