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app lid-codedownloader.exe

App Lid

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 app lid-codedownloader.exe by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 39 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for Lid extension/toolbar. The component makes a number of requests to the host app-static.crossrider.com/plugins/.../monetization/monetizationLoader.js. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

Publisher:

Lid (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:

App Lid

Description:

App Lid exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

1f657764aa9690613d3ca3abb9a76a42

SHA-1:

b2fd12cbb98207fa2c6018a033f7708b307089a8

SHA-256:

f889a99ad3fb9006cbfa49c1028884b112b5e54023dcb24379ac1a2b64bb0f22

Scanner detections:

39 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

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

Note:

Crossrider is the owner of a platform that enables the creation of cross-browser extensions by developers but is not the owner of this detected application. The owner/publisher of this file is BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited).

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 9:30:18 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Application.Heur.@u1@kOcHE2gO

6178431

AegisLab AV Signature

AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ

2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2014.12.06

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4

7.11.193.22

avast!

Win32:Crossrider-AH [PUP]

2014.9-141218

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3257

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.CrossRider

4.0.3.141218

Bitdefender

Gen:Application.Heur.dv1@kyMzo6lO

1.0.20.1760

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-12356

0.98/21411

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

19788

Dr.Web

Trojan.Crossrider.46352

9.0.1.0352

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Application.Heur.@u1@kOcHE2gO

9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Adwapper

12/18/2014

F-Prot

W32/S-9ad4719b

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.@u1@kOcHE2gO

5.13.68

G Data

Gen:Application.Heur.dv1@kyMzo6lO

14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus

Trojan.GoogUpdate

t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.183.13379

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper

15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AppLid.A

v2014.12.18.12

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!1F657764AA96

16.8.708.2

Microsoft Security Essentials

Threat.Undefined

1.187.339.0

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Application.Heur.dv1@kyMzo6lO

15.0.0.1056

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.deanvm

0.28.2.61942

Norman

Gen:Application.Heur.@u1@kOcHE2gO

04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect

Adware.Agent.OMI

14.10.12.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.12.18.12

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Virus.Adware.de5

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

AdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)

12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.Task.W

14.12.18.0

Rising Antivirus

PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175C6496!391931030

23.00.65.141216

Sophos

Generic PUA JN

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.Crossrider/Variant

10171

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00IC14

7.2.352

Trend Micro

PE_SALITY.ER

10.465.18

Vba32 AntiVirus

Trojan.GoogUpdate

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4789396

35418

Zillya! Antivirus

Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.72

2.0.0.1924

File size:

1008.5 KB (1,032,672 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

App Lid.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\app lid\app lid-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

11/17/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

11/18/2015 6:59:59 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:

12/12/2014 6:05:06 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:5l2jexsrUSGf5/NxaQKjdi6DgqBkpSosMTh0f:5cjCAWLxaZBkpSoHTh0f

Entry address:

0x8D8F2

Entry point:

E8, B1, E6, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, C7, 03, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.6209

Code size:

719.5 KB (736,768 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

60591d9c-9ade-40ec-a16e-2770728988f6-1

Path:

C:\windows\Tasks\60591d9c-9ade-40ec-a16e-2770728988f6-1.job

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ip-50-63-202-53.ip.secureserver.net (50.63.202.53:80)

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