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hq-quality-v1.6-bg.exe

Evangelion Group

This potentially unwanted Internet browser extension is built upon and distributed using the free Crossrider platform and will deliver advertisements to the web browser in various formats such as banner, text hyper-links, inline text and transitional ads. The application hq-quality-v1.6-bg.exe, “HQ-Quality-v1.6 exe” by Evangelion Group has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
HQ-Quality-v1.6  (signed by Evangelion Group)

Product:
HQ-Quality-v1.6

Description:
HQ-Quality-v1.6 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
5933d56a8500fdea200e1d5b48cc8074

SHA-1:
9f145637bc082fa2b29b97d64fe9dd3041ccb201

SHA-256:
96aee050d5b6e61b786d70f0c33c5ce095469f9c37569de424bfaf95a2a335bb

Scanner detections:
27 / 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 Evangelion Group.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 1:07:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2
885

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.A.17303
7.11.169.248

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-M [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3367

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.1492

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2
1.0.20.1225

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.31445
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush
8.14.09.02.04

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

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/GoogUpdate.AL!tr
9/2/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2
11.2014-02-09_3

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CroRi
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13139

Kaspersky
Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HQQuality.A
v2014.08.29.05

McAfee
Artemis!B27EFF50D73E
5600.7019

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2
15.0.0.735

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Crossrider.dedsfq
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.29.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.960
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.EvangelionGroup.R
14.8.29.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.14827

Sophos
Generic PUA BH
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0816
7.2.245

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.446
2.0.0.1901

File size:
573.9 KB (587,632 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HQ-Quality-v1.6.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hq-quality-v1.6\hq-quality-v1.6-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Evangelion Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/27/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Evangelion Group, O=Evangelion Group, 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:
0095E2A1168FF10F1D56CF5FFE4ABC7450

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2014 3:08:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xA/aQ0vbjl2seYVuXg9hNB45klIz6TT6TQSfxn:xA/arwunB4qlI2T50p

Entry address:
0x4D478

Entry point:
E8, 5F, CC, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, C0, 89, 48, 00, E8, 52, 49, 00, 00, E8, C6, 1C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, F2, CB, 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, 70, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4621

Code size:
450.5 KB (461,312 bytes)

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