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ge-force-buttonutil.exe

Ge-Force

Naruto Source

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 ge-force-buttonutil.exe by Naruto Source has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Ge-Force by Sailor Project 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:

iWebar (signed by Naruto Source)

Product:

Ge-Force

Description:

Ge-Force exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

3fab77ce578435213600a8053eb549a5

SHA-1:

cdc839e7f52856cf1460ef723bc72c4152e08ad8

SHA-256:

0ca1601d4ea074f5d778953cb134074b49de7a29613a0596dabb4ba3d71ec541

Scanner detections:

13 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Crossrider toolbar platform. It will download and install new code and Javascript updates for the extension. 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 Naruto Source.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 6:10:30 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/CrossRider.pq

7.11.168.242

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3368

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AA potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

G Data

Win32.Adware.Crossrider

14.8.24

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper

15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.GeForce.A

v2014.08.29.01

McAfee

Artemis!7295CD9699C3

5600.7024

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.08.29.01

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.NarutoSource.T

14.8.29.1

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59

23.00.65.14827

Sophos

Generic PUA NH

4.98

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

32480

File size:

273.4 KB (279,912 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

Ge-Force.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Naruto Source

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

7/28/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/29/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Naruto Source, O=Naruto Source, 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:

1CE82906A7F364268F66771839675655

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/28/2014 1:04:01 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:3Pk5Mf322CBMuqVhsFpl89UNpuxfBdgQeKvf+E8i8x7VJ+9s75i:3PkwFCTyvygJdgQZfGiuM96i

Entry address:

0x1E795

Entry point:

E8, EC, 95, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 98, EA, 43, 00, E8, 35, 27, 00, 00, E8, 4B, 16, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 7F, 95, 00, 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, 8D, 2F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.3599

Code size:

199 KB (203,776 bytes)

The file ge-force-buttonutil.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Ge-Force by Sailor Project

Ge-Force/iWebbar is an advertising supported (adware) extension that runs in the context of the user's web browser as well as a process in the background.

crossrider.com/install/61911-ge-forces

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