iwebar-codedownloader.exe

Gogo Network Club

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 iwebar-codedownloader.exe by Gogo Network Club has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for iWebar 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:
iWebar  (signed by Gogo Network Club)

Product:
iWebar

Description:
iWebar exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
6c4105159bd280e163c000cb2c419db6

SHA-1:
14545bf103d11879259a18ffb5506e45b3390afa

SHA-256:
c96be022e5fb8191c1d70a89890a4374b4f2345858ba2bcbaa0550c23537120f

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 Gogo Network Club.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 2:03:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@keWIpHpO
808

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/CrossRider
2014.11.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.187.50

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-AH [PUP]
2014.9-141119

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3286

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141119

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@keWIpHpO
1.0.20.1615

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

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19788

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.33869
9.0.1.0323

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
8.14.11.19.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AY (variant)
8.10745

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
11/19/2014

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

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@keWIpHpO
11.2014-19-11_4

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@keWIpHpO
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13584

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
14.0.0.2925

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iWebar.A
v2014.11.19.12

McAfee
Artemis!6C4105159BD2
5600.6942

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.187.339.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.cv1@keWIpHpO
15.0.0.969

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.dfrnzq
0.28.2.62286

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20141119

nProtect
Adware.Agent.OMI
14.10.12.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.19.12

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

Quick Heal
AdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.V
14.11.19.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175C6496!391931030
23.00.65.141117

Sophos
Generic PUA CB
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00IC14
7.2.323

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.ER
10.465.19

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Adwapper
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
34914

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Adwapper.Win32.49
2.0.0.1928

File size:
1 MB (1,092,000 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
iWebar.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/19/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Gogo Network Club, O=Gogo Network Club, 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:
75BF783471861CAD78DE03A20768BF56

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2014 10:36:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TXNLKzRl4U0lvxOb0KOoKQM4QPyby1dMItpSEfhT/Ry8:zVKzn4U0fGRO/eQBdJtpSEpT/Rb

Entry address:
0x9AB52

Entry point:
E8, CD, 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:
6.5539

Code size:
769.5 KB (787,968 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
b4362c2e-ad6d-4339-87b9-a8ac8e1e4ed9-1

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-184-168-221-50.ip.secureserver.net  (184.168.221.50:80)

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