» ge-force-buttonutil.dll
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Analysis
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ge-force-buttonutil.dll

Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

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 module ge-force-buttonutil.dll by Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The ButtonUtil module (32-bit version) uses the Crossrider web extension monetization toolkit and will perform a number of helper integration activities on the user's web browser's as well as the Window's Shell in order to install the addon. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

Publisher:

Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd) (signed and verified)

MD5:

21927fe25266a3ca3d1bf11a6356df09

SHA-1:

6f51e2d9c40e5a2bcd6eeb6a9e9f6d56b340144c

SHA-256:

9d34fdb1a45d9dd4c09b40240eb3254117eed20d26b3f38ce6e8d2c1e51dc5d9

Scanner detections:

28 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Crossrider toolbar platform.

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 Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd).

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 3:48:02 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Application.Heur.By5@mi78CEgi

707

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2015.02.18

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/CrossRider.ZZ

7.11.210.224

avast!

Win32:Crossrider-CC [PUP]

2014.9-150227

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3185

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.CrossRider

4.0.3.15227

Bitdefender

Gen:Application.Heur.By5@mi78CEgi

1.0.20.290

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web

DLOADER.Trojan

9.0.1.058

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BD potentially unwanted (variant)

9.11193

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/CrossRider

2/27/2015

F-Prot

W32/S-26f49d43

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Application.Heur.By5@mi78CEgi

11.2015-27-02_6

G Data

Gen:Application.Heur.By5@mi78CEgi

15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.196.14999

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider

14.0.0.2420

McAfee

Artemis!21927FE25266

5600.6841

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Application.Heur.By5@mi78CEgi

16.0.0.174

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.CrossRider.dncmbx

0.30.0.126

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

15.02.27.09

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

Adware.Crossrider.Brightcircle

15.2.27.22

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59

23.00.65.15225

Sophos

AppRider

4.98

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00AP15

7.2.58

Trend Micro

TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00AP15

10.465.27

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

37672

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.CrossRider.Win32.2386

2.0.0.2071

File size:

444 KB (454,632 bytes)

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\ge-force\ge-force-buttonutil.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

12/15/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

12/16/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Selecao Technologies (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:

3F2791037D410A199539AA4A99F7DEB3

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/19/2015 9:34:28 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:Z/DitynwPM4+LXKlqNBCorymRDM9KTB+BxvkBv2z+y03G:ZPnOMBNB3pmKTsBhkEi3G

Entry address:

0x2EBD3

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 91, 97, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, A2, 05, 10, E8, 0E, 36, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 48, 21, 06, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 80, 34, 05, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4... 
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Entropy:

6.3798

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

307 KB (314,368 bytes)

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