Hike Zone Plus
Publisher Information
Hike Zone Plus is a software publisher located in Nicosia, CY*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Part of the Brightcircle group of adware web browser extensions that utilize the Crossrider framework. These extensions are also known as Freven and are designed to utilize the framework in order to inject advertising banners in the underlying web browsers white space or by overlaying new ads over existing ones. Brightcircle distributes its software through malvertising practices such as displaying web pages taht tell the user that various core Windows software is out-dated and needs updating as well as drive-by downloads.
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited
Valid from:
8/18/2014 9:00:00 PM
Valid to:
8/19/2015 8:59:59 PM
Subject:
CN=Hike Zone Plus, O=Hike Zone Plus, 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:
7df4d8ef200bab292519e3cf5597ad86
Scanner detections:
Detections (100% detected)
Scan engine
Details
Detections
Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider (M), PUP.Brightcircle (M)
100.00%
The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.
* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Hike Zone Plus by COMODO CA Limited on August 18, 2014 with the serial number '7df4d8ef200bab292519e3cf5597ad86'.