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sense-bg.exe

Sense

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 sense-bg.exe by Porter Studio Plus has been detected as adware by 18 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 Porter Studio Plus)

Product:

Sense

Description:

Sense exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

a7fa3c74d59dbabeb1b1f0d5c4dea371

SHA-1:

6846db8d6ec3251fbd454dba345c94cf4b3d0011

SHA-256:

cbdd09195e1447e6bfd8cef21d4d6b4ab0a6bf035be8e362acb7b7d4a9f4e9cf

Scanner detections:

18 / 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 11:36:17 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

823

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7

7.11.182.116

avast!

Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]

141025-0

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3305

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

1.0.20.1535

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-28585

0.98/21411

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush

8.14.11.03.09

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BA (variant)

8.10646

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

11.2014-03-11_2

G Data

Win32.Adware.Crossrider

14.10.24

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Sense.A

v2014.10.30.08

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2

15.0.0.921

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.Crossrider.dgywgh

0.28.6.62995

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Virus.Adware.a87

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.PorterStudioPlus.I

14.11.3.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59

23.00.65.141028

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4789396

34232

File size:

656.4 KB (672,160 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:

Porter Studio Plus

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

10/20/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

10/21/2015 2:59:59 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:

10/29/2014 10:38:01 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:6doGdRPYZX+qz0D92q0Ib3fHvP73XjHQYB0MoQAst1RN1VtoFpxsVFZWTk+WC6g:6doGjCFztzqovSF0T+C/

Entry address:

0x5DBDA

Entry point:

E8, 4D, CB, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 88, C4, 49, 00, E8, 50, 49, 00, 00, E8, C4, 1C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, E0, CA, 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, 20, 4F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
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Code size:

518.5 KB (530,944 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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