msby.exe

TotalPlusHD-3.1V12.10

Neon Alchemist Station

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 msby.exe, “TotalPlusHD-3.1V12.10 exe” by Neon Alchemist Station has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
HDPlus-3.1TotalV12.10  (signed by Neon Alchemist Station)

Product:
TotalPlusHD-3.1V12.10

Description:
TotalPlusHD-3.1V12.10 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
52294d341365707a89538674e07c276e

SHA-1:
cb03ba76c62f71777cae9d1d5cc7b55a87d1eb02

SHA-256:
b87ebdd4df5e5efddf23711334bfff9fe023909ee9d5802d6001cfe756b2ef44

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 3:36:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
838

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Plush.1.224
7.11.177.244

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]
141003-0

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.141019

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
1.0.20.1460

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush
14.10.13

F-Prot
W32/A-fe3c301b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
11.2014-19-10_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush
14.10.24

Kaspersky
Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HDQuality.A
v2014.10.19.10

McAfee
Artemis!424D382EAD4C
5600.6972

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
15.0.0.876

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.19.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.10.19.22

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
33706

File size:
1.8 MB (1,935,272 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
TotalPlusHD-3.1V12.10.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\msby.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Neon Alchemist Station, O=Neon Alchemist Station, 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:
4682924DB7F76F78C4C54215DBB9CE75

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/11/2014 9:50:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:tIvyWq1MnpIsORt3Q1LYzVE9pSsITkiZ1V1Dzo:2s1+Is+21Lm+

Entry address:
0xEA681

Entry point:
E8, D7, FF, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 0A, 01, 01, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 01, 01, 01, 00, 8B, 30, E8, F4, 00, 01, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, F3, 5E, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, A0, 9E, 54, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 0D, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, A0, 9E, 54, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, 6E, ED...
 
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Code size:
1.1 MB (1,103,872 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
MSBY

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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