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York New Labs (Extreme White Limited)

The application utility.exe by York New Labs (Extreme White Limited) has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named Crossbrowse triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Crossbrowse by CLARALABSOFTWARE which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension platform. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider.
Publisher:
York New Labs (Extreme White Limited)  (signed and verified)

Version:
106.0.0.0

MD5:
e55e7251ef930d6cff55d40b373a6743

SHA-1:
5ad821367f5e529d607f1aa86507dc7be6dd9f1d

SHA-256:
2a981cc54ac8292401e293369b297a59760104f8c006378b4dfd0b7cddeb32e0

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 3:29:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.06.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
8.3.1.6

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJlfRMDICIlV04}
2016.0.3072

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.15621

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.CN potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11806

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.1853

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Crossbrowse.C
v2015.06.21.11

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.06.21.11

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.YorkNewLabsExtremeWhiteLimited.Task.Meta
15.6.21.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
41240

File size:
1.9 MB (1,957,968 bytes)

Product version:
106.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\crossbrowse\crossbrowse\application\utility.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
York New Labs (Extreme White Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/15/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/15/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=York New Labs (Extreme White Limited), O=York New Labs (Extreme White Limited), STREET=Tassou Papadopulu 6 (flat/office 22), L=Nicosia, S=Agios Dometios, PostalCode=2373, C=CY

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

Serial number:
00927773AE2A990E6BEB7E5455470BEF66

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/17/2015 11:55:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:YfecA1+cHOEBmaByDTcB1kTapSUdNp4gJKToXIu8QHFBC8FTH:+HA1XXBy3cPoSp

Entry address:
0x129D2E

Entry point:
E8, 48, 11, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 24, 8E, 5C, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 48, CE, 5B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 24, 8E, 5C, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01...
 
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Code size:
1.3 MB (1,402,368 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Crossbrowse

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The file utility.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Crossbrowse  by CLARALABSOFTWARE
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The file utility.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://download.rgbdomsrv.com/crcb/107/.../installer.exe

http://download.ewebdomrec.com/crcb/107/.../installer.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to lb-182-252.above.com  (103.224.182.252:80)

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