f4ba6855-57e8-456c-a499-c4ed09b79e2e-1-7.exe

Shop and Save Up

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 f4ba6855-57e8-456c-a499-c4ed09b79e2e-1-7.exe, “Shop and Save Up exe” by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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 Shop and Save Up by BrightCircle Investments Limited 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:
InstallMonetizer  (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
Shop and Save Up

Description:
Shop and Save Up exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
8e1ab04c281b4e9d87297dd4f0c05bae

SHA-1:
1650f2c7ac84e39fa476b4fd1857d16d55565f25

SHA-256:
fcdd977a87790b3d6caf00f8f781469b37ab4988e320d9111e7d98ea5916d712

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 9:51:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider.Brightcircle (M)
16.2.7.18

File size:
1.1 MB (1,107,424 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Shop and Save Up.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\shop and save up\f4ba6855-57e8-456c-a499-c4ed09b79e2e-1-7.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/16/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2015 9:59:59 PM

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:
7/24/2015 4:04:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WDGSYXxfhrhC5h74bKrII2qD58pSfWRTtyr/:WDwZon4a8pSfATW/

Entry address:
0x9CECB

Entry point:
E8, DC, 00, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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...
 
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Code size:
780.5 KB (799,232 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
f4ba6855-57e8-456c-a499-c4ed09b79e2e-1-7

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The file f4ba6855-57e8-456c-a499-c4ed09b79e2e-1-7.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Shop and Save Up  by BrightCircle Investments Limited
Shop and Save Up is an adware program that installs as a web browser plugin to inject and display advertisements.
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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  (54.231.97.234:80)

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

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