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plus-hd-5.5-chromeinstaller.exe

Plus-HD-5.5

Kimahri Software inc.

This adware uses the Crossrider platform to build and distribute this web browser advertising injection extension. Once installed in the browser it will hijack various browser settings (homepage, search) and may interfere and track behaviors as well as deliver ads. The application plus-hd-5.5-chromeinstaller.exe by Kimahri Software inc has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. The file utilizes the Crossrider browser extension platform. ChromeInstaller is the component designed to install and manage the extension's Google Chrome integration. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.

File name:

Publisher:

Plus HD (signed by Kimahri Software inc.)

Product:

Plus-HD-5.5

Description:

Plus-HD-5.5 exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

39190ac839b085562da0a3d3db57ed00

SHA-1:

62f4d009a62cf771f68bc442979a34f2680bf7fa

SHA-256:

51298eacb11bf31a553b9d5659199c70df59d4ca2dbe1c149ba18f2a6245f46c

Scanner detections:

9 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Crossrider toolbar platform. It will download and install the extension for Gogole Chrome. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

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 Kimahri Software inc..

Analysis date:

5/7/2024 4:15:53 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

MalSign.Skodna

2015.0.3591

Baidu Antivirus

Unnamed.Threat

4.0.3.14118

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider (variant)

8.9094

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of iwebar-chromeinstaller.exe (Adware)

2014.1.25.23

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.ObjectBrowser.A

v2014.01.11.12

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Task.KimahriSoftwareinc.AA

14.2.17.8

Sophos

AppRider

4.96

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V1125

7.2.18

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

23730

File size:

904.9 KB (926,568 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

Plus-HD-5.5.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\plus-hd-5.5\plus-hd-5.5-chromeinstaller.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Kimahri Software inc.

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

3/7/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/7/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Kimahri Software inc., O=Kimahri Software inc., STREET=666 Sherbrooke Rue w, L=Montreal, S=Quebec, PostalCode=H3A 1E7, C=CA

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00A1BB8569950C0B2080A11A0E2F618B33

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/1/2014 8:32:10 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:5kXJU91usvzOpsAov9bIcuPxmeKWHRjcNEIF0jTxwG33OOvTmqdwMVpTJBQ:5kXJUr/CEvJIcuPxmzlOTxwK9vCyT/Q

Entry address:

0x97A72

Entry point:

E8, DE, F3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 8B, 7B, 08, 33, 3D, 48, 11, 4E, 00, C6, 45, FF, 00, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 07, 8D, 73, 10, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4F, 04, 03, CE, 33, 0C, 30, E8, 8C, AA, FF, FF, 8B, 4F, 0C, 8B, 47, 08, 03, CE, 33, 0C, 30, E8, 7C, AA, FF, FF, 8B, 45, 08, F6, 40, 04, 66, 0F, 85, D0, 00, 00, 00, 89, 45, E8, 8B, 45, 10, 89, 45, EC, 8D, 45, E8, 89, 43, FC, 8B, 43, 0C, 89, 45, F8, 83, F8, FE, 0F, 84, EE, 00, 00, 00... 
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Code size:

738 KB (755,712 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

Plus-HD-5.5-chromeinstaller

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:

plus-hd-5.5-chromeinstaller.exe \installcrx \agentregpath='plus-hd-5.5' \extension

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to update.srvstatsdata.com (69.16.175.42:80)

http://update.srvstatsdata.com/installer_updates/008311/update.json

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to stats.srvstatsdata.com (176.32.99.41:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to app-static.crossrider.com (69.16.175.10:80)

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