53431e5d-123a-4132-929f-edd70094c003-5.exe

Sense

Aussie Labs (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 53431e5d-123a-4132-929f-edd70094c003-5.exe by Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 18 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 Sense by Object Browser 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:
Object Browser  (signed by Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Sense

Description:
Sense exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
fd601ac4ab2c406438a5b2b5264fe51d

SHA-1:
5efcbe2e05922a21fc2eb788ad5034f59a9c58ad

SHA-256:
d384af25fded781853331eb55d7b70d6e1cc7c6342979d317ba59bedac2b0daa

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:46:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.fv1@kuGU7daO
795

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2014.12.02

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.KI
7.11.189.208

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3273

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14122

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.fv1@kuGU7daO
1.0.20.1680

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.fv1@kuGU7daO
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.fv1@kuGU7daO
11.2014-02-12_3

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.fv1@kuGU7daO
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Adwapper
t3scan.1.8.3.0

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Sense.A
v2014.12.02.07

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.fv1@kuGU7daO
15.0.0.1008

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.02.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.509
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.g
14.12.2.6

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
35224

File size:
1.1 MB (1,136,600 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Sense.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\sense\53431e5d-123a-4132-929f-edd70094c003-5.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/17/2014 1:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/18/2015 12:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=Aussie Labs (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:
685AE12077846353AA542302DA532ABD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/2/2014 12:04:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qX0nKsFjLpexTWxmkim/l1lLKfK0cDEV0MmpSI8TVV:ZnpQCmaN1l4rmpSI8TVV

Entry address:
0xA230F

Entry point:
E8, 71, F8, 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:
6.5576

Code size:
803 KB (822,272 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
53431e5d-123a-4132-929f-edd70094c003-5

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The file 53431e5d-123a-4132-929f-edd70094c003-5.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Sense  by Object Browser
Sense is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that will attempt to modify the user's home and search page settings as well as display advertisements in the browser. The software will attach to IE, Chrome and Firefox.
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-184-168-221-32.ip.secureserver.net  (184.168.221.32:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to tlb.hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.10:80)

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