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 15 anti-malware scanners. 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:
2b76c048d84b6f02d18477a7de011f8b

SHA-1:
97cf60513f9d4d8f9cff8b7c8a213922f139b09a

SHA-256:
44a87aee959a5b28ac1436b352101b2f7d38c0656327f1bae94ac13f93f46b25

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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). Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/17/2025 11:44:23 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.04.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150326

AVG
Win32/DH{gRITfWUDICIlV05kAA}
2016.0.3152

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.15326

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
21607

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11377

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
4/2/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.1.12

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2255

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.NightWishCenterBrightCircleInvestments
15.4.11.23

Sophos
Generic PUA EJ
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0325
7.2.85

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

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
38772

File size:
1.7 MB (1,818,592 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:
12/15/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 5:59:59 PM

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:
3/23/2015 3:59:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:JizYN3H5SfqA/wfmQf20STXpSi6bTzpX4mXWeXtx:ow3HrrfmP0VB7

Entry address:
0x119720

Entry point:
E8, F2, 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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Entropy:
6.6303

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,317,376 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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