Lights Off

Posted: April 29, 2015

Threat Metric

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	20,849

First Seen:	April 16, 2015
Last Seen:	December 4, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Lights Off is an adware application that may start displaying numerous, unwanted advertisements when computer users are trying to online shop. Lights Off's duty is to attract as much computer users as it can into clicking on its sponsored advertisements. Lights Off is the kind of program that may enter a computer bundled with useful software downloaded by the computer user. It is not advised to click on Lights Off links and advertisements because the computer user may be directed to potentially threatening websites that may cause additional problems to the already compromised computer. Lights Off may interfere negatively with the computer's performance and monitor the user's activities.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\LightsOff\LightsOff.exe

File name: LightsOff.exe
Size: 151.41 KB (151416 bytes)
MD5: a6dc3d70ee12114f0f6b703ff8913e8b
Detection count: 55
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\LightsOff
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\LightsOff\up\2.6.80\LightsOffService.exe

File name: LightsOffService.exe
Size: 55.02 KB (55025 bytes)
MD5: 467f51af90bd049cd59d23c198ffae31
Detection count: 20
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\LightsOff\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 22, 2016

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\LightsOff\up\2.6.80\LightsOff64.exe

File name: LightsOff64.exe
Size: 42.87 KB (42872 bytes)
MD5: faa4cc4fa3e871962a0a721320d4487a
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\LightsOff\up\2.6.80
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\LightsOff\uninstall.exe

File name: uninstall.exe
Size: 523.12 KB (523128 bytes)
MD5: a2d32ee7bc68198dfa7d7c7653cd925b
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\LightsOff
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\LightsOffService_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\LightsOffService_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\LightsOffService_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\LightsOffService_RASMANCSSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\LightsOffSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\LightsOffSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LightsOff

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\LightsOff%LOCALAPPDATA%\LightsOff