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Apps Hat

Krance Development

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 apps hat-codedownloader.exe by Krance Development has been detected as adware by 26 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 Nero 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:
Nero  (signed by Krance Development)

Product:
Apps Hat

Description:
Apps Hat exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
618d4628b0dfa41c902f9be8a85b2fc4

SHA-1:
7f286f82ded3e1ea6a6b20e991a01ba867d0976e

SHA-256:
35649d6a56c7da4a75a82862ab730de903193eed2d64937fa7a2caa56c559433

Scanner detections:
26 / 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 Krance Development.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:35:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
850

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2014.10.05

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.173.22

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141008

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3331

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.NSIS.Adwapper
4.0.3.14108

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
1.0.20.1405

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-12356
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.33418
9.0.1.0281

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
8.14.10.08.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AV (variant)
8.10512

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
10/8/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
11.2014-08-10_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13305

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
14.0.0.3133

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsHat.A
v2014.10.04.05

McAfee
Artemis!138862B2EBC7
5600.6984

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
15.0.0.843

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.delzhf
0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.04.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.X
14.10.4.15

Sophos
AppRider
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
33624

File size:
1 MB (1,075,104 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Apps Hat.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\apps hat\apps hat-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Krance Development

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Krance Development, O=Krance Development, 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:
2F8A4746EB05936853BC17805C72D300

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 9:35:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3cNjI/+5Mx15x8O5+QXm9M7xoFk0NW6phQIS7nlq/s4XXpTpS3X6H7pTx9:3X25Mx3x8O5iFzhQIS4/dXXpTpS3uTj

Entry address:
0x98BA2

Entry point:
E8, 35, 03, 01, 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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Code size:
755 KB (773,120 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
07050b38-1064-4757-a89c-fb7383a998f7-1

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\07050b38-1064-4757-a89c-fb7383a998f7-1.job

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-50-63-202-33.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.33:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.114.145:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to tlb.hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-184-168-221-50.ip.secureserver.net  (184.168.221.50:80)

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