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media enhance-bg.exe

media enhance

freeven

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 media enhance-bg.exe, “media enhance exe” has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program media enhance by Kimahri Software inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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.
Publisher:
freeven

Product:
media enhance

Description:
media enhance exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
741dba771551e406b38abc148c25e08d

SHA-1:
367a60af5e136f0074d5eb6b3acf424e4260d62d

SHA-256:
3fa50928e31c0040afcd2b0fb80afc9e8f45554baee3d51bf9e1143697ec6aa5

Scanner detections:
5 / 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.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 1:17:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14315

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AA (variant)
8.9549

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of hdtotals-bg.exe (Adware)
2014.4.25.7

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.freeven.Q
14.3.15.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
27448

File size:
515.5 KB (527,872 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
media enhance.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\media enhance\media enhance-bg.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2014 7:06:46 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pO32pCBTNxJ/9uM6ENsmUuDd7S5O7rgO1iIg12rf+9TBsy3qsLov:ompCBTNxJ/4H857OOvTm2rf+9TZ

Entry address:
0x45FDD

Entry point:
E8, 6D, B1, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 48, A9, 47, 00, E8, 6D, 01, 00, 00, E8, 0A, 13, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 00, B1, 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, A2, 11, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4166

Code size:
400 KB (409,600 bytes)

The file media enhance-bg.exe has been discovered within the following program.

media enhance  by Kimahri Software inc.
Media Enhance is an ad-supported browser extension (adware), and when a user downloads the Plugin they will see various types of advertisements displayed through the browser as they visit various web sites.
crossrider.com/pages/privacy
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.10:80)

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