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Shop and Save Up

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 824b9efb-e9d0-4a8e-ae5b-80c65d4636cd-11.exe, “Shop and Save Up exe” by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. 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:
InstallMonetizer  (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Shop and Save Up

Description:
Shop and Save Up exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
b1a86bd4790d741590bde26f1c1db1b8

SHA-1:
d016464f730b3f4cf1b0131174d6388708a3deb5

SHA-256:
d2985bfde65a4dbe655afa397501c08c2142feb73efda6823682e2c4fe25c689

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:45:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.wv1@m0KT23gO
5693884

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Adwapper
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.06.08

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Application.Heur.E2B25D
1.0.0.425

AVG
Potentially harmful program Crossrider_r.J
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.1567

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.wv1@m0KT23gO
1.0.20.790

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.CrossRider.CK
22370

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.22993
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.wv1@m0KT23gO
10.0.0.5366

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
6/7/2015

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.wv1@m0KT23gO
5.14.151

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.wv1@m0KT23gO
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16151

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ShopAndSave.A
v2015.06.07.02

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.wv1@m0KT23gO
16.0.0.474

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.wv1@m0KT23gO
02.06.2015 14:23:46

Panda Antivirus
PUP/Icinema
15.06.07.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.a87
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.Badfingerp.Gen
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider.Brightcircle
15.6.7.14

Sophos
PUA 'AppRider' (of type Adware)
5.15

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.CrossRider/Variant
9828

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
40824

File size:
1.3 MB (1,411,552 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Shop and Save Up.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\shop and save up\824b9efb-e9d0-4a8e-ae5b-80c65d4636cd-11.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/17/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/18/2015 1:59:59 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:
6/4/2015 9:06:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:E5vRJTaMMkKzwhxMTVW3ExmI94zaRoXZadi0HP6P+PApSR2uTaHM:E5P2N35TVW0f4zJX0jPApSR2uTas

Entry address:
0xE17C1

Entry point:
E8, 65, FD, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 98, FE, 00, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 8F, FE, 00, 00, 8B, 30, E8, 82, FE, 00, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, 83, 5C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, 20, 16, 54, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 9D, 2E, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, 20, 16, 54, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, FC, EA...
 
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Code size:
1 MB (1,073,664 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
824b9efb-e9d0-4a8e-ae5b-80c65d4636cd-11

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.33.177:80)

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

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