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rss reader-bg.exe

Crossrider Advanced Technologies

Part of the Crossrider framework, a web browser extension that will deliver advertisements such as coupons, price-comparisons, display media, affiliate links, banners, popups/popunders and other links. The application rss reader-bg.exe by Crossrider Advanced Technologies has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads.
Publisher:
Rss Reader  (signed by Crossrider Advanced Technologies)

Product:
Rss Reader

Description:
Rss Reader exe

Version:
1.1.151.10

MD5:
0f4d8ac934189ae9ecca5c5b0726b435

SHA-1:
3af7e940ec7c1fec6647a2cc0db50811d6a6e969

SHA-256:
f93a41c2dbf393fef62622d0b970b0325c809b466fe6ca369beb93d189f8bd4e

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 Crossrider Advanced Technologies.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:35:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider (M)
17.3.1.17

File size:
889.7 KB (911,064 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.151.10

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Rss Reader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\rss reader\rss reader-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Crossrider Advanced Technologies

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/24/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/25/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Crossrider Advanced Technologies, O=Crossrider Advanced Technologies, STREET=40 Lilienblum St, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=65133, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B9966EA31AF5750F30968D041D15669B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/6/2012 7:20:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x823C9

Entry point:
E8, 30, A8, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 2D, A4, 03, 00, 00, 74, 22, 83, E8, 04, 74, 17, 83, E8, 0D, 74, 0C, 48, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, B8, 04, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 12, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 04, 08, 00, 00, C3, B8, 11, 04, 00, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 8B, F0, 68, 01, 01, 00, 00, 33, FF, 8D, 46, 1C, 57, 50, E8, 77, D7, FF, FF, 33, C0, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, C1, 89, 7E, 04, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 0C, C1, E1, 10, 0B, C1, 8D, 7E, 10, AB, AB, AB, B9, 78, A0, 4D, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8D, 46, 1C, 2B, CE, BF, 01, 01, 00, 00, 8A, 14, 01...
 
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Entropy:
6.5543

Code size:
739.5 KB (757,248 bytes)

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