» internet speed checker-buttonutil.exe
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internet speed checker-buttonutil.exe

Internet Speed Checker

Porter Studio Plus

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 internet speed checker-buttonutil.exe, “Internet Speed Checker exe” by Porter Studio Plus has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Internet Speed Checker 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:

Speedchecker (signed by Porter Studio Plus)

Product:

Internet Speed Checker

Description:

Internet Speed Checker exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

4ae1bc6653fff8d373e0e1cfae8cb3a0

SHA-1:

ff19492bdb0ed08ee9a8c12ee1929c8a96de7e5d

SHA-256:

7795e402a4397db9fd5117c3d1b34f03047d0b9a50be9bc89101303c802d1a23

Scanner detections:

18 / 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 Porter Studio Plus.

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 11:45:02 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.104862

774

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2014.11.04

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen

7.11.182.172

avast!

Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]

2014.9-141031

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3304

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.CrossAd

4.0.3.141223

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.104862

1.0.20.1785

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.104862

8.14.12.23.09

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)

8.10653

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.104862

11.2014-23-12_3

G Data

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.104862

14.12.24

Kaspersky

Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate

14.0.0.2753

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.InternetSpeedChecker.A

v2014.10.31.08

McAfee

Artemis!C7E8BBA0FE27

5600.6908

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.104862

15.0.0.1071

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.PorterStudioPlus.b

14.11.3.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59

23.00.65.141029

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

34478

File size:

272.9 KB (279,456 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

Internet Speed Checker.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\internet speed checker\internet speed checker-buttonutil.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Porter Studio Plus

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

10/20/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

10/21/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Porter Studio Plus, O=Porter Studio Plus, 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:

00B7BA41CFBA8D50AF9A2A64362C08FA91

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/30/2014 9:37:15 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:N0CKDvk943N7V6aRp23NsSZwsLuGsVrsG0+u5BY5stxzVAok87IWNkxi:N0CKDBnRUSS2BVrgDDBie

Entry address:

0x1EE45

Entry point:

E8, 9C, 93, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 70, EC, 43, 00, E8, 35, 27, 00, 00, E8, 4B, 16, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 2F, 93, 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, 3F, 2D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
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Code size:

198 KB (202,752 bytes)

The file internet speed checker-buttonutil.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Internet Speed Checker by Sailor Project

Internet Speed Checker is an adware web browser application that displays banner ads as well as contextual link ads that are injected in the web page.

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