18398d3a-475a-4d97-90a6-13c87cbed488-5.exe

Ge-Force

BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

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 18398d3a-475a-4d97-90a6-13c87cbed488-5.exe by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Ge-Force by Sailor Project which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
iWebar  (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Ge-Force

Description:
Ge-Force exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
f93873487f33941dd7743c60611ce360

SHA-1:
a771effa426c0590023487f4e82a9b3c8548a23c

SHA-256:
36eab8ad0412fc22f14899196a9177dc1f475a8c92b57ee9cdb54904cfb8f130

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 10:22:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kOGJXIiO
6127421

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.195.194

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141219

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3260

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141215

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kOGJXIiO
1.0.20.1745

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kOGJXIiO
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kOGJXIiO
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kOGJXIiO
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14368

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GeForce.A
v2014.12.15.09

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kOGJXIiO
15.0.0.1047

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.9u1@kOGJXIiO
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.15.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.g
14.12.15.9

Sophos
PUA 'AppRider' (of type Adware)
59

File size:
977 KB (1,000,416 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Ge-Force.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ge-force\18398d3a-475a-4d97-90a6-13c87cbed488-5.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/17/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/18/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), 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:
6623FAFCAC357577A31D90C1E567E9A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/15/2014 7:04:10 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ghNZP/qRx5/b5SoqqiXDizQ+SQpSV5TrRD:gHZP/WNbYOMjQpSV5T5

Entry address:
0x8BCCF

Entry point:
E8, 55, DE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 85, C9, 0F, 84, 92, 00, 00, 00, 56, 53, 8B, D9, 8B, 74, 24, 14, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 7C, 24, 10, 75, 0B, C1, E9, 02, 0F, 85, 85, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 74, 2B, 84, C0, 74, 2F, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, E5, 8B, D9, C1, E9, 02, 75, 61, 83, E3, 03, 74, 13, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 84, C0, 74, 37, 83, EB, 01, 75, ED, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 5B, 5E, 5F, C3, F7...
 
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Entropy:
6.5995

Code size:
685 KB (701,440 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
18398d3a-475a-4d97-90a6-13c87cbed488-5

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
18398d3a-475a-4d97-90a6-13c87cbed488-5.exe \rawdata=tzwvvi1dypotiheo42lg2xa7j1sm4mzknrkxkv6\o


The file 18398d3a-475a-4d97-90a6-13c87cbed488-5.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Ge-Force  by Sailor Project
Ge-Force/iWebbar is an advertising supported (adware) extension that runs in the context of the user's web browser as well as a process in the background.
crossrider.com/install/61911-ge-forces
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-50-63-202-32.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.32:80)

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