96431e5d-5723-4d78-ae7b-7096d51b336b-11.exe

Plus-HD-V1.4

SIMONA-VIORICA MARIN

The application 96431e5d-5723-4d78-ae7b-7096d51b336b-11.exe by SIMONA-VIORICA MARIN has been detected as adware by 13 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 toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. While running, it connects to the Internet address ip-184-168-221-36.ip.secureserver.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Plus HD  (signed by SIMONA-VIORICA MARIN)

Product:
Plus-HD-V1.4

Description:
Plus-HD-V1.4 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
41e6926a95c23638eee67940fd6ee3a6

SHA-1:
4b8b28f2735865c56a10d1ad29ec9e973d25c18d

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage).

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 12:18:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Adware.Plush.1
962

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.A.8638
7.11.154.218

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3440

Bitdefender
Gen:Adware.Plush.1
1.0.20.840

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Adware.Plush
8.14.06.17.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AD (variant)
8.9941

F-Secure
Gen:Adware.Plush.1
11.2014-17-06_3

G Data
Gen:Adware.Plush
14.6.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HDPlus.A
v2014.06.17.05

McAfee
Artemis!41E6926A95C2
5600.7096

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Adware.Plush.1
15.0.0.504

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SIMONAVIORICAMARIN.h
14.6.17.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
30266

File size:
1.8 MB (1,897,280 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Plus-HD-V1.4.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\plus-hd-v1.4\96431e5d-5723-4d78-ae7b-7096d51b336b-11.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/29/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/30/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SIMONA-VIORICA MARIN, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Bucuresti, S=Bucuresti, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4E4B7DC7EC2F3CC5CB6ACBE68E3870F5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/11/2014 7:25:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0GW5/LQvCqn+I5pCoFypS4TTSUzn+nPRxM:0x5OCEt51w

Entry address:
0xE0E84

Entry point:
E8, 33, 00, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 66, 01, 01, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 5D, 01, 01, 00, 8B, 30, E8, 50, 01, 01, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, 27, 5E, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, 00, 16, 54, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 7A, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, 00, 16, 54, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, F3, EC...
 
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Code size:
1 MB (1,074,688 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
96431e5d-5723-4d78-ae7b-7096d51b336b-11

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\96431e5d-5723-4d78-ae7b-7096d51b336b-11.job

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
96431e5d-5723-4d78-ae7b-7096d51b336b-11.exe \rqvexrn=kq5fqyilk5\ukr59t4kvlhqblbvxwcrh\+skrpymw


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-184-168-221-36.ip.secureserver.net  (184.168.221.36:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to vodafonesupernet.ro  (81.12.132.173:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.120.33:80)

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

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

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