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Cinema-Plus-1.7cV16.10

Neon Alchemist Station

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 cinema-plus-1.7cv16.10-codedownloader.exe, “Cinema-Plus-1.7cV16.10 exe” by Neon Alchemist Station has been detected as adware by 12 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 Cinema PlusV16.10 extension/toolbar. The component makes a number of requests to the host app-static.crossrider.com/plugins/.../monetization/monetizationLoader.js. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Cinema PlusV16.10  (signed by Neon Alchemist Station)

Product:
Cinema-Plus-1.7cV16.10

Description:
Cinema-Plus-1.7cV16.10 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
44d5bde184c42e10decf856713afb1f0

SHA-1:
e7388c31cb7187dbcdfe76b508ef04bb62dd8679

SHA-256:
3d79b1df9e9f8b2a951b38e32722d1613eb4dd6174bdd381ee895212221b8bc4

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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 Neon Alchemist Station.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 8:16:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-AH [PUP]
2014.9-141025

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3311

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141025

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AY (variant)
8.10584

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
14.10.24

Kaspersky
Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate
14.0.0.3048

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.CinemaPlus.A
v2014.10.25.10

McAfee
Artemis!44D5BDE184C4
5600.6967

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.d
14.10.25.10

Sophos
Generic PUA OH
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
34054

File size:
1 MB (1,093,032 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Cinema-Plus-1.7cV16.10.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\cinema-plus-1.7cv16.10\cinema-plus-1.7cv16.10-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Neon Alchemist Station

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/27/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Neon Alchemist Station, O=Neon Alchemist Station, 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:
4682924DB7F76F78C4C54215DBB9CE75

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2014 3:36:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xGrpNNxi+an5Sf9/l92QJsoaLJDwd26i2pSZBVTztr:xGNBVanEll9nw0dY2pSZ7T5

Entry address:
0x9B302

Entry point:
E8, 3F, 03, 01, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.5569

Code size:
770 KB (788,480 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
26ee425f-b968-4d80-af53-cccd431ab948-1

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update.srvstatsdata.com  (69.16.175.42:80)

 
http://update.srvstatsdata.com/installer_updates/002473/update.json

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to stats.srvstatsdata.com  (176.32.99.41:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to app-static.crossrider.com  (69.16.175.10:80)

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