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sense-codedownloader.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-codedownloader.exe by Porter Studio Plus has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Sense by Object Browser which is a potentially unwanted software program. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for Object Browser 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Object Browser (signed by Porter Studio Plus)

Product:

Sense

Description:

Sense exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

9947bbec2036abb1960b053e7fa7498d

SHA-1:

982b995582e91c0fd62c4750c888926d98e6ed01

SHA-256:

96813ce0ab6d927f15f2baa20137a6601f6cdd41c04b2829070a71c24c33e89c

Scanner detections:

38 / 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:

4/25/2024 1:26:25 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499

805

AegisLab AV Signature

AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ

2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.CrossRider

2014.11.14

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen

7.11.185.104

avast!

Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]

2014.9-141121

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3283

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.CrossAd

4.0.3.141121

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499

1.0.20.1625

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-12356

0.98/21411

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

19788

Dr.Web

Trojan.Crossrider.37308

9.0.1.0325

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499

8.14.11.21.08

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AY (variant)

8.10720

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Adwapper

11/21/2014

F-Prot

W32/A-1a27c920

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499

11.2014-21-11_6

G Data

Win32.Adware.Crossrider

14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.PlusHD

t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.183.13662

Kaspersky

Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate

14.0.0.2911

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Sense.A

v2014.11.21.08

McAfee

Artemis!BB1C1217D21F

5600.6939

Microsoft Security Essentials

Threat.Undefined

1.187.339.0

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499

15.0.0.975

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.dianjb

0.28.6.63362

Norman

Sality.ZHB

11.20141121

nProtect

Adware.Agent.OMI

14.10.12.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.11.21.08

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.U

14.11.21.20

Rising Antivirus

PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175C6496!391931030

23.00.65.141119

Sophos

Generic PUA CJ

4.98

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OK614

7.2.325

Trend Micro

TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OK614

10.465.21

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.Adwapper

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

34764

Zillya! Antivirus

Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.4251

2.0.0.1982

File size:

1.1 MB (1,121,184 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-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Porter Studio Plus

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

10/19/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

10/20/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:

10/28/2014 3:40:24 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:+a71EMHbTxp9wJ+viRV1/3Ysv/emhluj7PEpSnlBT0uY:+a71HpM+sVOuemhlEPEpSnfTC

Entry address:

0x9E1D2

Entry point:

E8, 37, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.5582

Code size:

795.5 KB (814,592 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

9447fa55-6bf2-401e-8ee5-ba29de9f2196-1

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

The file sense-codedownloader.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.

85% remove it

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/003965/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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