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sense-buttonutil.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-buttonutil.exe by Porter Studio Plus has been detected as adware by 11 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Object Browser (signed by Porter Studio Plus)

Product:

Sense

Description:

Sense exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

870e28e5f53f465a38021b631f11c661

SHA-1:

8f82e064b1576921da0dfa4a0678a59ea433769f

SHA-256:

fc3a9a31e1b4de549c6c118c1879419310c638191ba58f9b38ce2a9ac47af91e

Scanner detections:

11 / 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 Porter Studio Plus.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 7:55:35 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen

7.11.182.124

avast!

Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]

141025-0

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3305

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.CrossRider

4.0.3.14113

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)

8.10646

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Sense.A

v2014.10.30.08

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Crossrider.PorterStudioPlus.Q

14.11.3.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59

23.00.65.141028

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4789396

34232

File size:

278.9 KB (285,600 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-buttonutil.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 10:35:51 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:9mwwINyyBqQ2zRCqhDTq8qpVwJ540sfv/d64PEO+oQIem28xR1VAWkW+6:9mwwNyB+Rs8q0jk/dH3EW+C

Entry address:

0x1F705

Entry point:

E8, AC, 93, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 68, FE, 43, 00, E8, 35, 27, 00, 00, E8, 4B, 16, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 3F, 93, 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, 3F, 2D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
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Code size:

203.5 KB (208,384 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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