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sense-codedownloader.exe

Sense

BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

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 sense-codedownloader.exe by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) 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. This file is typically installed with the program Sense by Object Browser which is a potentially unwanted software program. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for Object Browser extension/toolbar. The component makes a number of requests to the host app-static.crossrider.com/plugins/.../monetization/monetizationLoader.js. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

Publisher:

Object Browser (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:

Sense

Description:

Sense exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

c78a84624a8e89bec3ab1feb6d9a358c

SHA-1:

4e11c2ed69a0a0de5679d4a5245dcedd7b57b4a5

SHA-256:

9becc84d8d5850f3da95fc8110a73007586191fa582c46ddd7c0a83437a0c6cd

Scanner detections:

39 / 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 BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited).

Analysis date:

12/24/2024 12:23:30 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kulUm9aO

784

AegisLab AV Signature

AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ

2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2014.12.13

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4

7.11.195.44

avast!

Win32:Crossrider-AH [PUP]

2014.9-141213

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3262

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.CrossRider

4.0.3.141213

Bitdefender

Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kulUm9aO

1.0.20.1735

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-12356

0.98/21411

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

19788

Dr.Web

Trojan.Crossrider.46352

9.0.1.0347

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Application.Heur.dv1@kyKBL5bO

8.14.12.13.11

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)

8.10870

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Adwapper

12/13/2014

F-Prot

W32/S-9ad4719b

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kulUm9aO

11.2014-13-12_7

G Data

Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kulUm9aO

14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider

t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.183.13379

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper

14.0.0.2803

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Sense.A

v2014.12.13.11

McAfee

Artemis!2ED38C936156

5600.6918

Microsoft Security Essentials

Threat.Undefined

1.187.339.0

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kulUm9aO

15.0.0.1041

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.deanvm

0.28.2.61942

Norman

Gen:Application.Heur.dv1@kyKBL5bO

11.20141213

nProtect

Adware.Agent.OMI

14.10.12.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.12.13.11

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

AdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)

12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.Task.U

14.12.13.11

Rising Antivirus

PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175C6496!391931030

23.00.65.141211

Sophos

Generic PUA JN

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.Crossrider/Variant

10180

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00IC14

7.2.347

Trend Micro

PE_SALITY.ER

10.465.13

Vba32 AntiVirus

Trojan.GoogUpdate

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

35680

Zillya! Antivirus

Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.72

2.0.0.1924

File size:

983 KB (1,006,560 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

Sense.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\sense\sense-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

11/17/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

11/17/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), 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:

6623FAFCAC357577A31D90C1E567E9A7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/13/2014 1:04:53 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:3oF6q8FgxgLRsd0YVfeTcEQpRKaC20pSa+TKmV:3oF6qKAz0YwTNaB0pSa+TH

Entry address:

0x89282

Entry point:

E8, A7, E6, 00, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.5920

Code size:

686.5 KB (702,976 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

1302dd60-5ec3-4a0c-99ef-79e028a7ec5f-1

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

The file sense-codedownloader.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Sense by Object Browser

Sense is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that will attempt to modify the user's home and search page settings as well as display advertisements in the browser. The software will attach to IE, Chrome and Firefox.

85% remove it

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ip-50-63-202-53.ip.secureserver.net (50.63.202.53:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to hwcdn.net (69.16.175.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com (54.231.81.90:80)

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