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9f18.exe

Blondie Project (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 9f18.exe by Blondie Project (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Blondie Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
412d828cf4d214caca30ba3f8a44d3a3

SHA-1:
c7fc2abad59794cfff423e408d179dc1c8af52a6

SHA-256:
48b56bd28bccc4ae28c2b1b60bb4117c0f0c1730b37335406aa562f689d5a510

Scanner detections:
26 / 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). Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
5/4/2024 9:51:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
6652208

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.03.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.213.12

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150309

AVG
Win32/DH{gRKBEyAiJQE2ADVO}
2016.0.3183

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.1532

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
1.0.20.305

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.CrossRider.KI
21260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
9.0.0.4799

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
3/9/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-3bb7e8cf
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.CrossRider
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15187

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2410

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A
v2015.03.02.12

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!412D828CF4D2
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
16.0.0.183

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.02.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.a87
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.BlondieProjectBrightCircleInvestments
15.3.2.0

Sophos
Generic PUA MH
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
37788

File size:
197.5 KB (202,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\9f18.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blondie Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/16/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Blondie Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Blondie Project (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:
0903CC287C7EEA81D3C21DBB234D320C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/1/2015 4:37:42 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:74M95b8TLorQ9kDuvs1C8/ehoraNUX0Kw:0y5QTLorQ9kDs

Entry address:
0x11C14

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 6A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 54, 16, 33, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 33, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 54, 16, 33, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5569

Code size:
147.5 KB (151,040 bytes)

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