Laroste Apps

Publisher Information

Laroste Apps is a software publisher 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:
8/27/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/28/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Laroste Apps, O=Laroste Apps, 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:
009efc01d81f792e8b74e2aa245d97a66b

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

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

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (dd75169da12e0480a1006135d3933066)

1 / 68      (Adware)
WebSocket4Net.dll (WebSocket4Net)  (5c2a6bf0fd1d9eca8cbcde995b5348a5)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Newtonsoft.Json.dll (Json.NET by Newtonsoft)  (3f12348a015de8044429c7a4caf21bc6)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hd-quality-v3v03.10-bg.exe (HD-Quality-v3V03.10)  (5de0b8815d59ca100e817abc11cfd63c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
63bbaf9a-60e5-4b3e-960e-bc04186536e8.dll  (6236260ca554102e9207e31067fc2ea1)

1 / 68      (Adware)
0426c04a-c593-47c5-a59a-4a21838bef9c.exe (Torpedo)  (785b021b42d374b1df1c24c5395f4c1e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
irk.exe (HD-Quality-v3V03.10)  (5d75490214855c63b9efdb6414599d35)

1 / 68      (Adware)
addonhdqbr-542eb7673a1ed.exe  (41c3816c5c3f52d8ea5222bf40596379)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hd-quality-v3v03.10-bho64.dll (HD-Quality-v3V03.10)  (22543f27ecd462a8af0597e516dbaa8d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
WebSocket4Net.dll (WebSocket4Net)  (db887137ab085e4ff2725f414734bed6)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
3e38f589-e08f-4b78-b9be-411f8c2f5774.exe (Torpedo)  (c32a7c8328948247ee0aa79e21169ae7)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (c518f713abe57255a9ba5125dac7abae)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
WebSocket4Net.dll (WebSocket4Net)  (7a01aac24060a904aaf3891e642a094e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
v-9.1hdv29.09-bho64.dll (V-9.1HDV29.09)  (3d9a61ef70b9d52a08a48090ea48afd8)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Newtonsoft.Json.dll (Json.NET by Newtonsoft)  (ab5e53a13e931ded02e15a79de073003)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ee8a3234-b518-4f28-9feb-157ac05bf1ec.dll  (80bc04645d247d512bd525ab55680268)

1 / 68      (Adware)
9bd39859-f141-456f-a70a-1e0438917c7d.dll  (bd706c931f66d6850213084069357be1)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
a51bba7c-dee0-4fa3-8146-82ee337187d2.exe (Torpedo)  (c4f41c4eb58ca3327542ecb4a1f95143)

 
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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Laroste Apps by COMODO CA Limited on August 27, 2014 with the serial number '009efc01d81f792e8b74e2aa245d97a66b'.