ed0e8dd5-1389-419c-b5b3-02b5cb8525c1-7.exe

HQCinema Pro 2.1V14.01

Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

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 ed0e8dd5-1389-419c-b5b3-02b5cb8525c1-7.exe, “HQCinema Pro 2.1V14.01 exe” by Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 20 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.
Publisher:
HQ CinemaV14.01  (signed by Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd))

Product:
HQCinema Pro 2.1V14.01

Description:
HQCinema Pro 2.1V14.01 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
0b4b015ebd5212e964b31d1098ba4fe7

SHA-1:
d78cece4dc3a90eaaef1bbfc248246a945360511

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 5:17:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@mSQfjxjO
734

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.01.29

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.205.184

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3212

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.15131

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@mSQfjxjO
1.0.20.155

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)
9.11088

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
1/31/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@mSQfjxjO
11.2015-31-01_7

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@mSQfjxjO
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14789

Malwarebytes
v2015.01.31.02

McAfee
Artemis!0B4B015EBD52
5600.6868

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@mSQfjxjO
16.0.0.93

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.31.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.de5
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider.Task.Brightcircle
15.1.31.14

Sophos
AppRider
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0121
7.2.31

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
37050

File size:
1.1 MB (1,119,712 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HQCinema Pro 2.1V14.01.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hqcinema pro 2.1v14.01\ed0e8dd5-1389-419c-b5b3-02b5cb8525c1-7.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/16/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Berta Dress Apps (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:
009C113F566DE374D0EF1F22B0B717D3DC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/14/2015 2:29:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:w+rM7dxejeGoQW7UMml4xtoBfpShmvTqY:wyEio7U8GBfpShmvTqY

Entry address:
0x9FA82

Entry point:
E8, C7, 00, 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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Entropy:
6.5630

Code size:
803.5 KB (822,784 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
ed0e8dd5-1389-419c-b5b3-02b5cb8525c1-7

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\ed0e8dd5-1389-419c-b5b3-02b5cb8525c1-7.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-50-63-202-60.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.60:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (52.216.226.178:80)

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

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