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craqhxss.exe

Tita­nium Great Minds

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 craqhxss.exe by Tita­nium Great Minds has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Nullsoft Install System installer. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Tita­nium Great Minds  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.35.9.29

MD5:
19c152c4aac275d15fbec44f26276afa

SHA-1:
58956096d6662c252f4bc8c2afde52b94db841a6

SHA-256:
91029c5b1d426f916808c452f397aeca76fd4268ac24fd10f1ce0f4bc4e5b39d

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 9:03:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.JS.Agent.AM
5627563

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.VMDetector
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.06.03

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.KB
8.3.1.6

avast!
Crossrider-DJ [PUP]
150525-2

AVG
Potentially harmful program Crossrider.LHA
2014.0.4311

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.25679
9.0.1.0153

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

Fortinet FortiGate
PossibleThreat
6/2/2015

G Data
Script.Application.Plush
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16117

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A
v2015.06.02.08

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!FB8AB4DB9552
18.0.204.0

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.JS.Agent.AN
16.0.0.459

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.djpwme
0.30.24.1636

Quick Heal
Adware.NSIS.Adwapper
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle.Installer
15.6.2.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.15531

Trend Micro House Call
PUA_CROSSID
7.2.153

Trend Micro
PUA_CROSSID
10.465.02

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
40552

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.BlackGen.Win32.11
2.0.0.2202

File size:
11.1 MB (11,661,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\craqhxss.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tita­nium Great Minds

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/20/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tita­nium Great Minds, O=Tita­nium Great Minds, 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:
009396D2C159BC1B1261C6A397A6168FA6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2012 1:55:02 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:bvdA3/CoJKbHsyvqrCluCz14uAllIlTYnh7Alv17Ed8:bvdixKPkPgrkIlPEO

Entry address:
0x4323

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, C3, 44, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, C4, 44, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, C4, 44, 00, 56, A3, 40, 3B, 44, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 3B, 44, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, C4, 44, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9992  (probably packed)

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.12.156:80)

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