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c9d77c59-0ff5-4036-8806-71115fd01f45-4.exe

HDPlus-V1.9

Bright circle investments Ltd.

This adware utilizes the Crossrider extension platform and will inject advertisiments in the Internet browser and may modify core browser settings. Ads will be delivered as banners and contextual text-links and may promote other potentially unwanted software. The application c9d77c59-0ff5-4036-8806-71115fd01f45-4.exe by Bright circle investments has been detected as adware by 5 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 HDPlus-V1.9 by Bright circle investments Ltd. which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension platform. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.

File name:

Publisher:

HDPlus (signed by Bright circle investments Ltd.)

Product:

HDPlus-V1.9

Description:

HDPlus-V1.9 exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

cd618d6584e2ee04ac515fcdd8ab142b

SHA-1:

633d63d4db0e1778f67ef034c42b1aacd14c38d7

SHA-256:

e6907f1c80aa1275d65531d03a72b5577a3b3021611c1691e11bb1aeb8e36687

Scanner detections:

5 / 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:

4/24/2024 4:57:07 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

Brightcircle

2015.0.3416

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AK (variant)

8.10068

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.07.11.11

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Task.Brightcircleinvestments.g

14.7.17.9

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

31110

File size:

840.6 KB (860,728 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

HDPlus-V1.9.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\hdplus-v1.9\c9d77c59-0ff5-4036-8806-71115fd01f45-4.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Bright circle investments Ltd.

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

6/20/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/21/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Bright circle investments Ltd., O=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:

4347D0F2AD67F1767C932B3BFBEA7713

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/7/2014 12:03:28 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:z0rdF7s/IbT7ekQloyZOY/x1iZDiYZsB4tHFzkrHVD5LHcfn7adBOdwUpTdl/:Yn5/ykihZOY/x1GQ1D547adBCTf

Entry address:

0x8A99F

Entry point:

E8, 7D, E3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3, 8D, 41... 
[+]

Code size:

691.5 KB (708,096 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

c9d77c59-0ff5-4036-8806-71115fd01f45-4

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:

c9d77c59-0ff5-4036-8806-71115fd01f45-4.exe \qgiimnxzq \xadzhiww='hdplus-v1.9' \fcfjx='C:\prog

The file c9d77c59-0ff5-4036-8806-71115fd01f45-4.exe has been discovered within the following program.

HDPlus-V1.9 by Bright circle investments Ltd.

Freeven HDPlus is an adware program that runs within the user's web browser and will modify various browser settings such as changing the search provider.

76% remove it

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ip-50-63-202-36.ip.secureserver.net (50.63.202.36:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to hwcdn.net (69.16.175.10:80)

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