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App Lid

AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

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 app lid-codedownloader.exe by AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for Lid extension/toolbar. The component makes a number of requests to the host app-static.crossrider.com/plugins/.../monetization/monetizationLoader.js. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Lid  (signed by AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
App Lid

Description:
App Lid exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
d1ea397c8b94e8925828dbd24097654e

SHA-1:
04d87d37f04b8aec2684c0ad2f31fd7cbbfb6835

SHA-256:
5bc9dc9f75f1431f8bac3926073ab089db028a42574d02678ac705c326aed97c

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

Note:
Crossrider is the owner of a platform that enables the creation of cross-browser extensions by developers but is not the owner of this detected application. The owner/publisher of this file is AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:20:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@m40JuCmO
6300574

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.01.08

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.200.0

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3236

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.1518

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@m40JuCmO
1.0.20.40

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.58523
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@m40JuCmO
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@m40JuCmO
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@m40JuCmO
15.1.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppLid.A
v2015.01.08.04

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@m40JuCmO
16.0.0.24

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@k40JuCmO
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.08.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.60e
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task
15.1.12.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
36460

File size:
982.5 KB (1,006,048 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
App Lid.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\app lid\app lid-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

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

Serial number:
00BB5CB272841409598560E8776848BBF4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/6/2015 8:05:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:QZ6dRScd7xyXs0xi6i6IDUQgetDTIQ/pSgGTc7rW:dRSuMs0KvT/pSgGTc

Entry address:
0x8A642

Entry point:
E8, A9, E6, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 85, C9, 0F, 84, 92, 00, 00, 00, 56, 53, 8B, D9, 8B, 74, 24, 14, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 7C, 24, 10, 75, 0B, C1, E9, 02, 0F, 85, 85, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 74, 2B, 84, C0, 74, 2F, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, E5, 8B, D9, C1, E9, 02, 75, 61, 83, E3, 03, 74, 13, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 84, C0, 74, 37, 83, EB, 01, 75, ED, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 5B, 5E, 5F, C3, F7, C7, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6014

Code size:
695 KB (711,680 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
21b41b32-35e1-4fa4-bb23-d4939a826f69-1

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-50-63-202-45.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.45:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.97.234:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.10:80)

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