9ef95c4f-1cb7-460f-a642-51bc5305fb92-6.exe

The-Go-Photo-it-v11

Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

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 9ef95c4f-1cb7-460f-a642-51bc5305fb92-6.exe, “The-Go-Photo-it-v11 exe” by Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 17 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. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
joep  (signed by Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd))

Product:
The-Go-Photo-it-v11

Description:
The-Go-Photo-it-v11 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
36c0c275fbb6a9ab0d72bb0ec7508a28

SHA-1:
1e286b163ccaa603340c73d909bac1029c51811b

SHA-256:
a06ee9bcbb4e62ffba9d8678258c1bc101f4624d38c66de6e27c753beb93638b

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:41:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003
6439068

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.205.14

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3218

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.15125

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003
1.0.20.125

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.11398
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003
9.0.0.4799

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003
15.1.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GoPhotoIt.A
v2015.01.25.07

McAfee
Artemis!36C0C275FBB6
5600.6874

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003
16.0.0.75

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.25.07

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider.Task.Brightcircle
15.1.26.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
36694

File size:
1.4 MB (1,439,208 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2016

Original file name:
The-Go-Photo-it-v11.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\the-go-photo-it-v11\9ef95c4f-1cb7-460f-a642-51bc5305fb92-6.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/16/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
3F2791037D410A199539AA4A99F7DEB3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2015 12:06:33 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wu6ZWdfe1XYDx5arRzquP55bWSD9vgtrPTZpSt00mLlgFQvb4p:H6OWZwQVzn5uPTZpSt0JlgFQvb4p

Entry address:
0xB185D

Entry point:
E8, 1A, 01, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 48, 6B, 52, 00, E8, 6D, 76, 00, 00, E8, 34, 53, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, AD, 00, 01, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, B9, 8D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3562

Code size:
909.5 KB (931,328 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
9ef95c4f-1cb7-460f-a642-51bc5305fb92-6

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
9ef95c4f-1cb7-460f-a642-51bc5305fb92-6.exe \rawdata=iclgqgmofnz2j\rdmd6irlpvpwx1d9xx3yrsio4kx


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  (52.216.0.250:80)

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

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