utility.exe

NightWish Center (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

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 utility.exe by NightWish Center (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 21 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. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:

Version:
104.0.0.0

MD5:
9884e660cc1216249bf10507d159c2a0

SHA-1:
64315434dcb765b51550c38cdd28bdedecadc45a

SHA-256:
a32ab17eabb4bdd3a927c3527138fe194126ae2ee63c8e763b8a415deb20a9ee

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/17/2025 11:43:49 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.04.23

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150412

AVG
Crossrider
2016.0.3141

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.15412

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
21729

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.25393
9.0.1.0102

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.CH potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11459

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Generic.CH!tr.dldr
4/12/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.Agent.1YQ5C3
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.14.20

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2202

McAfee
Artemis!9884E660CC12
5600.6797

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider1.dqjhpi
0.30.20.1219

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.07.14.08

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.Task
15.4.12.12

Sophos
Generic PUA GE
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
39354

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.CrossRider.Win32.5421
2.0.0.2148

File size:
1.7 MB (1,819,104 bytes)

Product version:
104.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/16/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=NightWish Center (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=NightWish Center (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), 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:
00B30349E6AD66949988B51360F031BFB4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/25/2015 6:19:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:yd9zuD1k9KOEBGlW5SeYyBoaTXpSkLQi7Jz4nmeXtV:m9W1xIW59YyBodT

Entry address:
0x119810

Entry point:
E8, D2, 10, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, A4, 6D, 5A, 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, AE, 59, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, A4, 6D, 5A, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
1.3 MB (1,317,888 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Crossbrowse

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
utility.exe \rawdata='v2dp6dw8pi6or1x0\lc\4e\2oltxtbzcoc52a2ue


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

Crossbrowse  by CLARALABSOFTWARE
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