sense-buttonutil.exe

Sense

Sailor Project

This potentially unwanted Internet browser extension is built upon and distributed using the free Crossrider platform and will deliver advertisements to the web browser in various formats such as banner, text hyper-links, inline text and transitional ads. The application sense-buttonutil.exe by Sailor Project has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Sense by Object Browser which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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:
Object Browser  (signed by Sailor Project)

Product:
Sense

Description:
Sense exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
abd0ff40694822fe5a401b174ddd8d45

SHA-1:
89765c0a49e311b47defb3a19b9b530893a525f6

SHA-256:
24bb5ef8036b5c2e95feb38c0b993ae1b6924fc234c25e10bc11e8d3151aaf25

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Crossrider toolbar platform. It will download and install new code and Javascript updates for the extension.

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 Sailor Project.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:51:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14730

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

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CrossRider
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Sense.A
v2014.07.30.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.30.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.SailorProject.Q
14.7.30.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.14728

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
31208

File size:
275.4 KB (281,960 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Sense.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\sense\sense-buttonutil.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/18/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/19/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sailor Project, O=Sailor Project, 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:
47C5F145C734CD3D086C0A102176F0A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2014 1:04:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:bUyPv1ocrBpoVQ3Ie2eK+j2pGwkXrKPhAPO26+UI0KGy53xyvVJSb170G:bUyDBlcI2EHrFYkg9sb

Entry address:
0x1EFB5

Entry point:
E8, EC, 95, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, FA, 43, 00, E8, 35, 27, 00, 00, E8, 4B, 16, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 7F, 95, 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, 8D, 2F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3611

Code size:
201 KB (205,824 bytes)

The file sense-buttonutil.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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