palmall-bho64.dll

PalMall

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 module palmall-bho64.dll by Porter Studio Plus has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the 64-bit version of the Browser Helper Object (BHO) for the Crossrider web browser platform for Internet Explorer. Instead of utilizing a traditional IE Toolbar, Crossrider installs a BHO in the browser in order to manage the functionality of BND addon. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
BND  (signed by Porter Studio Plus)

Product:
PalMall

Description:
PalMall BHO

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
5e36184da81b2007fe6fa2f2843c80d0

SHA-1:
4578d6951ccc85a0e58d78ebb6b7883d400e2141

SHA-256:
885a454dd0a2e533fc108bde1d2e2a75006c29c7da6075aedcd559fd0f594575

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Crossrider toolbar platform. It will run as a BHO in Internet Explorer.

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:
4/26/2024 6:05:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.PorterStudioPlus.N
14.11.3.21

File size:
772.4 KB (790,944 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
PalMall.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win64 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\palmall\palmall-bho64.dll

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

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

Registration
CLSID:
{22222222-2222-2222-2222-220622182270}

ProgID:
e8ba07a0f3a50131f8c74578a53c5ebc0061870.Sandbox.1

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2014 3:42:26 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nlT+dlUAGSpob/S4iLJgTYlXmTPiQ0jx2+FbBKW:nlT+HpobqbJgPTCNnFdKW

Entry address:
0x567A8

Entry point:
48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 74, 24, 10, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 49, 8B, F8, 8B, DA, 48, 8B, F1, 83, FA, 01, 75, 05, E8, 43, C9, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, C7, 8B, D3, 48, 8B, CE, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 30, 48, 8B, 74, 24, 38, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5F, E9, 03, 00, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 48, 8B, C4, 48, 89, 58, 20, 4C, 89, 40, 18, 89, 50, 10, 48, 89, 48, 08, 56, 57, 41, 56, 48, 83, EC, 50, 49, 8B, F0, 8B, DA, 4C, 8B, F1, BA, 01, 00, 00, 00, 89, 50, B8, 85, DB, 75, 0F, 39, 1D, 0C, E9, 05, 00, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, D2, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 43, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.2435

Code size:
504 KB (516,096 bytes)

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