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e29193b0-b61f-4d86-ada8-6277dd849368-4.exe

PlusHD-V1.9

Bright circle investments Ltd.

This adware utilizes the Crossrider extension platform and will inject advertisiments in the Internet browser and may modify core browser settings. Ads will be delivered as banners and contextual text-links and may promote other potentially unwanted software. The application e29193b0-b61f-4d86-ada8-6277dd849368-4.exe by Bright circle investments has been detected as adware by 39 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

PlusHDv1.9 (signed by Bright circle investments Ltd.)

Product:

PlusHD-V1.9

Description:

PlusHD-V1.9 exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

7f2555363c331e9ec2bf72764c84b129

SHA-1:

8289042b37cf736872a876edce30317b9171404d

SHA-256:

44b3a96c87a3088a3f9d9bbfe40b500afa6fa73e0f0762d1652d9c4f63140055

Scanner detections:

39 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage).

Analysis date:

12/25/2024 5:11:15 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Win32.Sality.3

921

Agnitum Outpost

Win32.Sality.BK

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

Win32/Kashu.E

2014.07.08

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/CrossRider.A.15060

7.11.157.208

avast!

Win32:SaliCode

2014.9-140729

AVG

Win32/Sality

2015.0.3399

Baidu Antivirus

Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu

4.0.3.14729

Bitdefender

Win32.Sality.3

1.0.20.1050

Bkav FE

W32.Sality.PE

1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security

Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen

18804

Dr.Web

Win32.Sector.21

9.0.1.0210

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Win32.Sality

8.14.07.29.12

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AK (variant)

8.10024

F-Prot

W32/Sality.gen2

v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure

Win32.Sality.3

11.2014-29-07_3

G Data

Win32.Sality

14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of 2f6043bb-e961-4d63-a623-ddb130bd7f42-4.exe (Adware)

2014.8.31.8

IKARUS anti.virus

Virus.Win32.Sality

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Virus

13.180.12643

Kaspersky

Virus.Win32.Sality

14.0.0.3490

McAfee

W32/Sality.gen.z

5600.7055

Microsoft Security Essentials

Threat.Undefined

1.177.1852.0

MicroWorld eScan

Win32.Sality.3

15.0.0.630

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AdLoad.dbsers

0.28.0.60577

Norman

Sality.ZHB

11.20140729

nProtect

Virus/W32.Sality.D

14.07.07.01

Panda Antivirus

W32/Sality.AA

14.07.29.12

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM19.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

W32.Sality.U

7.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Task.Brightcircleinvestments.g

14.7.17.9

Rising Antivirus

PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113

23.00.65.14727

Sophos

Mal/Sality-D

4.98

Total Defense

Win32/Sality.AA

37.0.11045

Trend Micro House Call

PE_SALITY.RL

7.2.210

Trend Micro

PE_SALITY.RL

10.465.29

Vba32 AntiVirus

Virus.Win32.Sality.bakb

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

30824

ViRobot

Win32.Sality.N

2011.4.7.4223

Zillya! Antivirus

Virus.Sality.Win32.20

2.0.0.1850

File size:

838.1 KB (858,168 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

PlusHD-V1.9.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\plushd-v1.9\e29193b0-b61f-4d86-ada8-6277dd849368-4.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Bright circle investments Ltd.

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

6/20/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/21/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Bright circle investments Ltd., O=Bright circle investments Ltd., 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:

4347D0F2AD67F1767C932B3BFBEA7713

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/27/2014 1:03:08 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:sccKa5cCaFSGW2guR5MtRCJxR1DBFZZdqFZnTms9GAouttAfaa/dw5pTwv:scMOEYgC5MtRCJxR128itmaamTy

Entry address:

0x8A45F

Entry point:

E8, 7F, E3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.5471

Code size:

689 KB (705,536 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

e29193b0-b61f-4d86-ada8-6277dd849368-4

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:

e29193b0-b61f-4d86-ada8-6277dd849368-4.exe \bwuggrlvd \bwwze='plushd-v1.9' \balql='C:\program

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ip-50-63-202-57.ip.secureserver.net (50.63.202.57:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com (54.231.82.233:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to hwcdn.net (69.16.175.10:80)

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