home

mediaplayerenhance-bg.exe

MediaPlayerEnhance

Crossrider Advanced Technologies

Part of the Crossrider framework, a web browser extension that will deliver advertisements such as coupons, price-comparisons, display media, affiliate links, banners, popups/popunders and other links. The application mediaplayerenhance-bg.exe, “MediaPlayerEnhance exe” by Crossrider Advanced Technologies has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program MediaPlayerEnhance by Crossrider Advanced Technologies Ltd. (Platform) 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:
Feven  (signed by Crossrider Advanced Technologies)

Product:
MediaPlayerEnhance

Description:
MediaPlayerEnhance exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
3cb844d20999ad0625c2eb6d478de2f6

SHA-1:
6e07184ef8502ccd4e1181a18db9f73506012b19

SHA-256:
8616cd637a73ef0dd47436f4654e01fd45ed602b765138b586b680f29c77ae08

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. The owner/publisher of this file is Crossrider Advanced Technologies.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 8:45:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider
8.9466

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MediaPlayerEnhance.A
v2014.03.01.12

McAfee
Adware-AddLyrics!3CB844D20999
5600.7205

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.CrossriderAdvancedTechnologies.V
14.8.15.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
26818

File size:
647.2 KB (662,744 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
MediaPlayerEnhance.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\mediaplayerenhance\mediaplayerenhance-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Crossrider Advanced Technologies

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/23/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Crossrider Advanced Technologies, O=Crossrider Advanced Technologies, STREET=40 Lilienblum St, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=65133, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B9966EA31AF5750F30968D041D15669B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/12/2014 9:50:47 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GV8nViUhZaobdEzELHlhSHBHYnK9eTRzp5:GinViB0W1YnKYT9L

Entry address:
0x5CC03

Entry point:
E8, 67, B1, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 50, A8, 49, 00, E8, 77, 01, 00, 00, E8, 14, 13, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, FA, B0, 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, AC, 11, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.4629

Code size:
505 KB (517,120 bytes)

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

MediaPlayerEnhance  by Crossrider Advanced Technologies Ltd. (Platform)
This is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that is designed to deliver search-based hijacking as well as contextual advertising. The program does this by modifying the user's home and search page in order to monetize a user's search activities.
crossrider.com/pages/privacy
87% remove it
 
Powered by Should I Remove It?

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to li667-41.members.linode.com  (198.58.123.41:80)

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

Remove mediaplayerenhance-bg.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.