radio canyon-codedownloader.exe

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 application radio canyon-codedownloader.exe by Porter Studio Plus has been detected as adware by 37 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for Radio Canyon extension/toolbar. The component makes a number of requests to the host app-static.crossrider.com/plugins/.../monetization/monetizationLoader.js. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Radio Canyon  (signed by Porter Studio Plus)

Product:
Radio Canyon

Description:
Radio Canyon exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
cf00570cb2c1f54885ddaba83ef31b31

SHA-1:
22e616e76bd99a478d32ba0ae40c7d60a8238aa8

SHA-256:
8409fd89a59e24680eb31c66730b8422db96ff37f35651c543e95c5f1855db55

Scanner detections:
37 / 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 Porter Studio Plus.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:06:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
825

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2014.10.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.181.56

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14112

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
1.0.20.1530

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-12356
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19788

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.37227
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
8.14.11.02.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AY (variant)
8.10620

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
11/2/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-1a27c920
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
11.2014-02-11_1

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.CrossRider
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13662

Kaspersky
Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RadioCanyon.A
v2014.10.30.07

McAfee
Artemis!9A3922912577
5600.6959

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.187.339.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
15.0.0.918

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.dhbrtw
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20141103

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.02.10

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

Quick Heal
AdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.BB
14.11.3.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175C6496!391931030
23.00.65.141101

Sophos
Generic PUA EM
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00IC14
7.2.306

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJE14
10.465.02

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Adwapper
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.2146
2.0.0.1953

File size:
1 MB (1,087,392 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Radio Canyon.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\radio canyon\radio canyon-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/20/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 1:59:59 AM

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/27/2014 9:35:46 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:j65Qs1qDLxh77+OXLz5bKAyJr6KdhjXmspS+ZTN3:l9VkOlKAyZXmspS+ZTN3

Entry address:
0x9A6E2

Entry point:
E8, 35, 03, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 85, C9, 0F, 84, 92, 00, 00, 00, 56, 53, 8B, D9, 8B, 74, 24, 14, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 7C, 24, 10, 75, 0B, C1, E9, 02, 0F, 85, 85, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 74, 2B, 84, C0, 74, 2F, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, E5, 8B, D9, C1, E9, 02, 75, 61, 83, E3, 03, 74, 13, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 84, C0, 74, 37, 83, EB, 01, 75, ED, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 5B, 5E, 5F, C3, F7, C7, 03, 00...
 
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Code size:
765 KB (783,360 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
df5883ac-e43d-4942-a4e8-ab7c93260a6b-1

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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/002750/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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