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webshield64.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 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 webshield64.exe by Parallel Lines Development has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Parallel Lines Development, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Web Shield

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
5182b875a2296bcd6529233f9a047e46

SHA-1:
84efc7a775eaf1c92f47c4976a15c641d0d010e7

SHA-256:
c2b89dbb528126552eaf5643d2193bb7750e262b90b698c8e01d7b3a1fae6c6f

Scanner detections:
7 / 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 1:12:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.AZE
2014.0.3986

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18849

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.D application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Downloader
t3scan.1.6.1.0

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win64.SaMon.dbmybc
0.28.0.60698

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ParallelLinesDevelopment.L
14.8.8.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.PullUpdate!6.1847
23.00.65.14710

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 (Win64 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\webshield\up\2.6.78\webshield64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Parallel Lines Development, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/10/2015 12:59:59 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:
4/18/2014 6:48:16 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:KvmO0denAi7Hkoc6W95ps464DxeLZfVE+ebJ2LOI+qGR:cmcHts95ps464tSVzekCI+qGR

Entry address:
0x990E

Entry point:
48, A1, 00, 20, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, E0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 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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Entropy:
4.5197

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 ec2-54-76-91-10.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.76.91.10:80)

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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