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sense-bg.exe

Sense

Armageddon Labs (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 sense-bg.exe by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Sense by Object Browser which is a potentially unwanted software program. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

sense-bg.exe

Publisher:

Object Browser (signed by Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited))

Product:

Sense

Description:

Sense exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

cc708d44559253d5f5fa4200528609bf

SHA-1:

1f51d92f25219f0f284efd332a4a6b8bea7f023e

SHA-256:

7e2a4a0bd47c8be2f6453f8e5b123186c75a9f8ea1dd10ee5eefcd6ed61fbd49

Scanner detections:

24 / 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 Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited).

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 10:04:47 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@km!CyLoi

6213306

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2014.12.22

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7

7.11.197.30

avast!

Win32:Malware-gen

2014.9-150104

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3253

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.CrossRider

4.0.3.141223

Bitdefender

Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@km!CyLoi

1.0.20.1780

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@km!CyLoi

9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BA potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/CrossRider

1/4/2015

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@km!CyLoi

5.13.68

G Data

Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@km!CyLoi

14.12.24

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider

15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Sense.A

v2014.12.22.05

McAfee

Program.Artemis!21DB096B75FC

5600.6895

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@km!CyLoi

15.0.0.1068

Norman

Gen:Application.Heur.Gu1@km!CyLoi

04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus

Generic Suspicious

14.12.22.05

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Application.36a

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.I

15.1.4.17

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59

23.00.65.141221

Sophos

Generic PUA DL

4.98

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

35418

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.CrossRider.Win32.644

2.0.0.2017

File size:

526 KB (538,592 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

Sense.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\sense\sense-bg.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

12/1/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

12/2/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00C5692390E715129E144F950D09DA6E8A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/21/2014 12:36:46 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:o01LkFPsRNhSb5rkKsKF0HDTWQr/b2Tw44:oEkFPsR3Sb5nC6Tj4

Entry address:

0x46CBA

Entry point:

E8, AD, AF, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 80, D7, 47, 00, E8, 20, 30, 00, 00, E8, B7, 1B, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 40, AF, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 7F, 35, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
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Code size:

405 KB (414,720 bytes)

The file sense-bg.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Sense by Object Browser

Sense is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that will attempt to modify the user's home and search page settings as well as display advertisements in the browser. The software will attach to IE, Chrome and Firefox.

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