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pehlzf.exe

BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

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 pehlzf.exe, “HD-Quality-3.1V15.12 exe” by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. 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:
HD-Quality-3.1V15.12  (signed by BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:
HD-Quality-3.1V15.12

Description:
HD-Quality-3.1V15.12 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
3d819c8d65985b0cb4fa032484ed9f3d

SHA-1:
9f189c986e7844734409ba1bb8642578700bc037

SHA-256:
730861d4ea1016556cd3b3c420e67b0ec12f9153a6b4a1d35ce601eea55dfdcf

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 12:47:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@k4MM5moO
6135001

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.195.226

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3259

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@k4MM5moO
1.0.20.1745

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.47244
9.0.1.0353

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@k4MM5moO
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
12/19/2014

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@k4MM5moO
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@k4MM5moO
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.187.14339

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HDQuality.A
v2014.12.15.03

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!651C6EC688E1
5600.6912

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@k4MM5moO
15.0.0.1047

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Crossrider.dkmmtf
0.28.6.64267

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.Av1@k4MM5moO
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.15.03

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

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.BadFingerProjectBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.G
14.12.15.15

Sophos
Generic PUA HB
4.98

File size:
1.4 MB (1,487,840 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
HD-Quality-3.1V15.12.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), 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:
6623FAFCAC357577A31D90C1E567E9A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/14/2014 11:04:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XFWuO2q8gbHDZnmOUxGm2tmWuxl/UWXZ1afjAIwNj+12+WpS1xTp:Xw2wFmum2tmWyTXifB2+WpS1xTp

Entry address:
0xEDD3B

Entry point:
E8, 3B, FE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, 6E, FF, 00, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, 65, FF, 00, 00, 8B, 30, E8, 58, FF, 00, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, C9, 5C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, D0, D6, 54, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 13, 2F, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, D0, D6, 54, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, D2, EB...
 
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Entropy:
6.6168

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,122,304 bytes)

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