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gohd-codedownloader.exe

GoHD

Tita­nium Great Minds

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 gohd-codedownloader.exe by Tita­nium Great Minds has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for InstallMoon extension/toolbar. The component makes a number of requests to the host app-static.crossrider.com/plugins/.../monetization/monetizationLoader.js. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
InstallMoon  (signed by Tita­nium Great Minds)

Product:
GoHD

Description:
GoHD exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
16cbc012be27b1425091d633c7b06427

SHA-1:
98ed9e8d23f35e584dcc79076d9e75cc9fde5ade

SHA-256:
daa6abb4967a9c5d3a43dcc6ebc0900769ed6d51606feaf7907c5a5da5c66dca

Scanner detections:
38 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

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 Tita­nium Great Minds.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 1:35:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@kiX@kPoO
5827180

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2014.10.14

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.KB
7.11.188.58

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-AH [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3274

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141122

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@kiX@kPoO
1.0.20.1630

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-12356
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19788

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.43295
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@kiX@kPoO
9.0.0.4570

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
12/1/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-73a7935c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@kiX@kPoO
11.2014-22-11_7

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@kiX@kPoO
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13662

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GoHD.A
v2014.11.22.11

McAfee
Artemis!16CBC012BE27
5600.6938

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.187.339.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@kiX@kPoO
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Crossrider.djcrva
0.28.6.63474

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20141201

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OMI
14.10.12.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.22.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.T
14.11.29.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175C6496!391931030
23.00.65.141129

Sophos
Generic PUA HC
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00IC14
7.2.335

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJE14
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Adwapper
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
35010

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.2146
2.0.0.1953

File size:
1 MB (1,085,864 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
GoHD.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gohd\gohd-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tita­nium Great Minds

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/20/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tita­nium Great Minds, O=Tita­nium Great Minds, 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:
009396D2C159BC1B1261C6A397A6168FA6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/22/2014 2:05:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rCT3oRxmxbS/osyGA8LT2iDyscbrNVOKT0pZcGyC6AWzapS7OBpTrlvOcm+:rIYfmxm/zy7TxVOKT8JyCHWzapSajTBR

Entry address:
0x9A3B2

Entry point:
E8, CF, 00, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, 5E, 5F, C3, F7, C7, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5450

Code size:
764 KB (782,336 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
36bc051d-d9cf-43de-857a-2897a966b139-1

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\36bc051d-d9cf-43de-857a-2897a966b139-1.job

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-184-168-221-57.ip.secureserver.net  (184.168.221.57:80)

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