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gohd-buttonutil64.dll

AcDc 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 module gohd-buttonutil64.dll by AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The ButtonUtil module (64-bit version) uses the Crossrider web extension platform and will perform a number of helper integration 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.
Publisher:
AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
62e3a12f17c80f963ad76241e6baca10

SHA-1:
bf8c9a312533e630a359e3afae27428aaa95073c

SHA-256:
c512199358bf13310c3748f9fd616bbafa675afe2efc53bf39d8237243b30533

Scanner detections:
12 / 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 AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited).

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:15:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/CrossRider
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRid.bqyp
7.11.214.2

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-CB [PUP]
150129-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3179

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.1535

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.200.15176

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
15.0.0.543

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.44b
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.AcDcProjectBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.R
15.1.14.5

Sophos
PUA 'AppRider' (of type Adware)
5.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
38050

File size:
445.5 KB (456,160 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win64 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gohd\gohd-buttonutil64.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/1/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), 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:
00BB5CB272841409598560E8776848BBF4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/8/2015 11:07:37 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:8QUvU6MvWFWTNUvgE1jQ/IyripdnVQ1K9RbP3BugTAgPHnsnw8cLTBpqJUdWO2GI:vA3lGgPswpLT6bOQJvfK

Entry address:
0x2E6CC

Entry point:
48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 49, 8B, F8, 8B, DA, 48, 8B, F1, 83, FA, 01, 75, 05, E8, 9F, A5, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, C7, 8B, D3, 48, 8B, CE, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 30, 48, 8B, 74, 24, 38, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5F, E9, 03, 00, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 48, 8B, C4, 48, 89, 58, 20, 4C, 89, 40, 18, 89, 50, 10, 48, 89, 48, 08, 56, 57, 41, 56, 48, 83, EC, 50, 49, 8B, F0, 8B, DA, 4C, 8B, F1, BA, 01, 00, 00, 00, 89, 50, B8, 85, DB, 75, 0F, 39, 1D, C0, A6, 03, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, D2, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 43, FF...
 
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Code size:
291.5 KB (298,496 bytes)

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