c8177014-ce3a-4d93-a500-e870d19ee232-6.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 c8177014-ce3a-4d93-a500-e870d19ee232-6.exe by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 20 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:
015222afc32726687009165244959e2b

SHA-1:
db838a05688fb5fb51139782f288d5a4e29cf48c

SHA-256:
f6180942d2848353b6fb765fe9d6f22a9b86c5de42e14ac7c4537932fccbc9c6

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 5:26:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.yz1@k44BRdbi
776

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.196.174

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3254

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141221

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.yz1@k44BRdbi
1.0.20.1775

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20412

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)
8.10901

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
12/21/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.yz1@k44BRdbi
11.2014-21-12_1

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.yz1@k44BRdbi
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14380

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Sense.A
v2014.12.21.05

McAfee
Artemis!015222AFC327
5600.6910

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.yz1@k44BRdbi
15.0.0.1065

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.a87
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.g
14.12.21.5

Sophos
Generic PUA NL
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
35858

File size:
1.4 MB (1,450,464 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\c8177014-ce3a-4d93-a500-e870d19ee232-6.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:
12/14/2014 3:06:30 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0dNlipQburx2Hq1rv3WMyuhzL3X44T7pSCIooPk8cd+HZV:0Lg1/ruMpzT7pSCEPk8cd+HZV

Entry address:
0xB48AD

Entry point:
E8, 12, 01, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 80, 78, 52, 00, E8, 6D, 76, 00, 00, E8, 35, 53, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A5, 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, B8, 8D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4026

Code size:
937 KB (959,488 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
c8177014-ce3a-4d93-a500-e870d19ee232-6

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The file c8177014-ce3a-4d93-a500-e870d19ee232-6.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 tlb.hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.42:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.49.201:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-50-63-202-55.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.55:80)

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

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