hdplus-v1.9-novainstaller.exe

HDPlus-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 hdplus-v1.9-novainstaller.exe by Bright circle investments has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program HDPlus-V1.9 by Bright circle investments Ltd. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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:
HDPlus  (signed by Bright circle investments Ltd.)

Product:
HDPlus-V1.9

Description:
HDPlus-V1.9 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
61b095d5c8b2b88bc15bd697dab1c190

SHA-1:
69a80eea8f4ad2da055c27e9cb16af51950d8fa8

SHA-256:
d3ff5225f24653216032eb492faac131d660647966a5076f86c8bf00a80c03c0

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
11/23/2024 8:02:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Brightcircle
2015.0.3416

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AJ (variant)
8.10068

F-Prot
W32/A-eb9ef301
v6.4.7.1.166

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AdLoad.dcbjmf
0.28.0.60698

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.11.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.Brightcircleinvestments.Y
14.7.17.9

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.14709

Sophos
AppRider
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
31110

File size:
519.6 KB (532,024 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HDPlus-V1.9.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hdplus-v1.9\hdplus-v1.9-novainstaller.exe

Digital Signature
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:
7/7/2014 1:04:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:oECdlEKegojFcJUWcHHbjOtJvhZJ6rQcTO/Y8ed0gc/M5upTBRVlLR6SH:oZegwFEUWcHHbgZUrQmBiJM5upTLVtF

Entry address:
0x451B8

Entry point:
E8, 2A, CB, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, B0, D6, 47, 00, E8, 02, 4A, 00, 00, E8, 76, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, BD, CA, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, B0, 87, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4509

Code size:
411 KB (420,864 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
c9d77c59-0ff5-4036-8806-71115fd01f45-6

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
hdplus-v1.9-novainstaller.exe \ngwwess \xadzhiww='hdplus-v1.9' \wbvvcyffv=59570


The file hdplus-v1.9-novainstaller.exe has been discovered within the following program.

HDPlus-V1.9  by Bright circle investments Ltd.
Freeven HDPlus is an adware program that runs within the user's web browser and will modify various browser settings such as changing the search provider.
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-50-63-202-36.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.36:80)

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

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