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browsers apps --bg.exe

Browsers Apps -

Coder Born Group

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 browsers apps --bg.exe, “Browsers Apps - exe” by Coder Born Group has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Browsers Apps - by Coder Born Group which is a potentially unwanted software program. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

Publisher:

browser (signed by Coder Born Group)

Product:

Browsers Apps -

Description:

Browsers Apps - exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

88476ddf78dd8073c36862f0545df3c9

SHA-1:

1cb2325655dff490a27e5fc4cb91e0c42f4c5196

SHA-256:

f5f2ea8e17ad2d2866738ee6be3455e52e0af71960746f608f26c52a6e8df2b8

Scanner detections:

26 / 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 Coder Born Group.

Analysis date:

4/24/2024 11:27:18 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

885

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2

7.11.170.136

AVG

Stampede

2015.0.3363

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.CrossRider

4.0.3.1492

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

1.0.20.1225

Dr.Web

Trojan.Crossrider.28497

9.0.1.0245

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush

8.14.09.02.04

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AL potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

W32/GoogUpdate.AL!tr

9/2/2014

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

11.2014-02-09_3

G Data

Win32.Adware.Crossrider

14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CroRi

t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.183.13139

Kaspersky

Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate

14.0.0.3312

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.BrowsersApp.A

v2014.09.02.10

McAfee

Artemis!B27EFF50D73E

5600.7019

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

15.0.0.735

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.dedtoy

0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.02.10

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Virus.Adware.960

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.CoderBornGroup.S

14.9.2.9

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59

23.00.65.14831

Sophos

Generic PUA BH

4.98

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0816

7.2.245

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4789396

32210

Zillya! Antivirus

Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.446

2.0.0.1901

File size:

595.9 KB (610,176 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

Browsers Apps -.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\browsers apps -\browsers apps --bg.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Coder Born Group

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

8/14/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

8/15/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Coder Born Group, O=Coder Born Group, STREET=Athinodorou 3, 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:

627D3A345CA7ABCDD1B73C2CAC45D327

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/1/2014 11:07:10 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:BzRE+UFOn+D+6ZXf2LNesOCX0wOSzjmEY6T1nK:xdivKNjXaSPNTJK

Entry address:

0x4FDC8

Entry point:

E8, 5F, CC, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 50, DF, 48, 00, E8, 52, 49, 00, 00, E8, C6, 1C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, F2, CB, 00, 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, 70, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
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Entropy:

6.4658

Code size:

471 KB (482,304 bytes)

The file browsers apps --bg.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Browsers Apps - by Coder Born Group

Browsers Apps (Freeven) is an adware Internet toolbar/extension that will deliver ads to the browser on web pages that are not affiliated with the ads or the extension.

crossrider.com/install/61787-browsers-app

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