fe0aba47-b5bc-435c-8c40-10352fa23d1b-6.exe

HD-Quality-1.1V02.12

Aussie Labs (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 fe0aba47-b5bc-435c-8c40-10352fa23d1b-6.exe, “HD-Quality-1.1V02.12 exe” by Aussie Labs (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. 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.
Publisher:
HD-QualityV02.12  (signed by Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
HD-Quality-1.1V02.12

Description:
HD-Quality-1.1V02.12 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
3493a5aa9f84c4836d20a8e4b18e75fa

SHA-1:
5ed31ff3cb78cd34517bc5c9d003ae4d4c03a7a7

SHA-256:
17aaf5466e8a50134085b6b7da4bf3571ee89fc624cc0e004acd98c3b366f2ca

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. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
7/10/2025 4:31:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider.Brightcircle (M)
16.1.19.14

File size:
1.1 MB (1,161,176 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2016

Original file name:
HD-Quality-1.1V02.12.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hd-quality-1.1v02.12\fe0aba47-b5bc-435c-8c40-10352fa23d1b-6.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=Aussie Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=Aussie Labs (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:
685AE12077846353AA542302DA532ABD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/1/2014 9:06:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:RkE8WlW14hx0JSVRfE3ik0WRH6S3GstjTZpSu3n02Enn1h:2ElXH/VR8SknPjTZpSu3n02Enn1h

Entry address:
0x8E3A6

Entry point:
E8, E9, 01, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 38, F0, 4E, 00, E8, 44, 77, 00, 00, E8, 13, 54, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 7C, 01, 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, 76, 8E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
[+]

Code size:
718 KB (735,232 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
fe0aba47-b5bc-435c-8c40-10352fa23d1b-6

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (52.216.32.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-184-168-221-32.ip.secureserver.net  (184.168.221.32:80)

Remove fe0aba47-b5bc-435c-8c40-10352fa23d1b-6.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security