ba86e10e-7976-4f6f-8a16-6959d247e67e-6.exe

Sense

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 ba86e10e-7976-4f6f-8a16-6959d247e67e-6.exe by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Sense by Object Browser which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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:
Object Browser  (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Sense

Description:
Sense exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
3619b46643cf20dd99f3dc6083238681

SHA-1:
c0cdb1581c1d92765f5124f148b3fd813e3aedf4

SHA-256:
de977ea2f775579c8e8f77d72950a00050edbb3da7832e2695f426ca34b0ec35

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 12:05:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.pz1@kqmSVWni
791

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.192.172

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141208

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3269

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14126

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.pz1@kqmSVWni
1.0.20.1700

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.46346
9.0.1.0342

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.pz1@k465!4ei
8.14.12.08.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)
8.10829

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.pz1@kqmSVWni
11.2014-06-12_7

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.pz1@kqmSVWni
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.8.5.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
14.0.0.2839

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Sense.A
v2014.12.06.02

McAfee
Artemis!DC540901EC2B
5600.6922

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.pz1@kqmSVWni
15.0.0.1020

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.pz1@k465!4ei
11.20141208

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.06.02

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.a87
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.g
14.12.6.2

Sophos
Generic PUA GF
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
35436

File size:
1.2 MB (1,300,960 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2016

Original file name:
Sense.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\sense\ba86e10e-7976-4f6f-8a16-6959d247e67e-6.exe

Digital Signature
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:
12/5/2014 1:06:24 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4yIJlfTTPJPUyx1QWwmLXIL3lxfqArw3b7471S8LpT9pSNLeun4ucgTv+:ulXPJB/LXIL3lxfql3ST9pSNyE4ucgTW

Entry address:
0xA8AC6

Entry point:
E8, 59, 01, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, B8, E5, 50, 00, E8, B4, 76, 00, 00, E8, 86, 53, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, EC, 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, 30, 9B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4422

Code size:
844 KB (864,256 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
ba86e10e-7976-4f6f-8a16-6959d247e67e-6

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
ba86e10e-7976-4f6f-8a16-6959d247e67e-6.exe \rawdata=gro1q9lpdyqcmf0uvgh0ycj\xllplfvnlidns4wng


The file ba86e10e-7976-4f6f-8a16-6959d247e67e-6.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Sense  by Object Browser
Sense is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that will attempt to modify the user's home and search page settings as well as display advertisements in the browser. The software will attach to IE, Chrome and Firefox.
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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  (54.231.40.1:80)

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

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