Monkey Code Lab

Publisher Information

Monkey Code Lab 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:
7/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Monkey Code Lab, O=Monkey Code Lab, 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:
70960dd13bd9997e55808bf80536533d

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

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

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (8bb601c74a16124e90d97fb74d4bc393)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ss54.exe  (59235de3ff4792985102d2a0f2b34c17)

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe  (1f864802c80d180ce98dbbe494558f9c)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
omg-music+_05-codedownloader.exe (OMG-Music+_05 by BND_C)  (6a5714ace94035239624b0299ed9cfb5)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
flv player addon-buttonutil64.dll  (cb587e71fe751f9f6aade2b282fe6ad6)

1 / 68      (Adware)
flv player addon-bho64.dll (FLV Player Addon by Nero)  (696ff92d5b03f241aa84acb3d7d2a27e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
smarts8.exe  (b8caf471b3004b96549f2f9c6b83ffd7)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uninstall.exe  (01acb78df09034883180c17b650cef59)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dda9e931-16e0-4723-a31c-0b374a323c71.dll  (7c293362150497fa18fa9afd65051d8f)

1 / 68      (Adware)
clip-high_d_06-buttonutil64.exe (Clip-High_D_06 by BNT_D)  (d525358a4eca4e3a11a89f5bdbab54e2)

1 / 68      (Adware)
clip-high_d_06-buttonutil64.dll  (a8cc9e4e4cadbb9bacc47e717ea2ce1b)

1 / 68      (Adware)
clip-high_d_06-bho64.dll (Clip-High_D_06 by BNT_D)  (dfde1acc41c9af1047279d3a416a47fb)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ea2bd07a-b453-4a0a-b398-2f9e1c4fdf87.dll  (8849a14ae35718d269b0f9c265b7fc29)

1 / 68      (Adware)
8c3c87d4-4b6d-4efc-8837-84454ef493b7.dll  (10d456ce3c593fba668d5c68e0af587f)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
76cfe10e-3ab1-4942-aa60-1d68b767a711.dll  (f86e798f240fe762e21c7a02d263b5a1)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

 
Latest 30 of 5,851 files

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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Monkey Code Lab by COMODO CA Limited on July 28, 2014 with the serial number '70960dd13bd9997e55808bf80536533d'.