Pani Poni Network

Publisher Information

Pani Poni Network is a software developer located in Nicosia, Cyprus in 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:
8/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Pani Poni Network, O=Pani Poni Network, 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:
00d7e501e7adaa5764867c0b6158d78cdf

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle (M), Adware.Crossrider (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)

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1 / 68      (Adware)
631d5ca8-d24c-4a0b-bc08-ad6296358e88.exe (Torpedo)  (1f91d3a366d808afe2fde21c43b0d260)

1 / 68      (Adware)
WebSocket4Net.dll (WebSocket4Net)  (09de0afd400faab215b3669dd835632a)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Newtonsoft.Json.dll (Json.NET by Newtonsoft)  (42ab5d6a924f00f32d87b1c9d2cf48dd)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
832e7c77-2d8c-418e-bef9-f6127d264192.dll.quarantine  (30be8c54a84c1bb4f93d2a66fb3abf85)

1 / 68      (Adware)
59ed9836-b605-4010-9f45-567ac1656064.dll.quarantine  (796e642ce67a889b17dbbd69ce8b0ce0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
WebSocket4Net.dll (WebSocket4Net)  (30f27298450f12195195b87ddc94acfb)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uninstall.exe  (767fc5d819cd926f90108daf4dac0837)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Newtonsoft.Json.dll (Json.NET by Newtonsoft)  (a64af30faddb12a99700738f560c046d)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
browsers+ apps-bho.dll (Browsers+ Apps by app)  (b9e09facd9a0866fbfa20b322c53f9fc)

1 / 68      (Adware)
be77a5f9-028e-4df7-ac0c-e210af77946b.dll  (7a0a080f59005323c297f024da03c64c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hulydh.exe  (9095c84d702078bd6458198de534421a)

1 / 68      (Adware)

 
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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Pani Poni Network by COMODO CA Limited on August 28, 2014 with the serial number '00d7e501e7adaa5764867c0b6158d78cdf'.