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Clash Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

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 setup.exe by Clash Project (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Clash Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e2baf50168fd97a9b181d147fc4dad2b

SHA-1:
3b9bb6f355055da9fd385ca005c843f5ff8f22cb

SHA-256:
e6cbbdd6f3c48866d3b1d980c913caadcbef7b101c6a9b23ebc7d68ac17d0825

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage). Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:35:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
6397750

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.209.214

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150306

AVG
Win32/DH{gRKBEyAiJQE2ADVO}
2016.0.3201

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.15212

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
1.0.20.215

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-37728
0.98/20074

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.CrossRider.KI
21053

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
9.0.0.4799

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

F-Prot
W32/S-3bb7e8cf
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.196.15011

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2498

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A
v2015.02.12.10

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173350
16.0.0.129

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.02.12.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle.Installer
15.2.14.10

Sophos
Generic PUA DJ
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
36694

File size:
201.5 KB (206,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Clash Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/16/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Clash Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Clash Project (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), 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:
75DD4745F68AF8221A12839F4A4F8FE1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/12/2015 12:08:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:MOYgze2rpW4HObvs1C8/ehoraNUXQSKOz:MjgzXFtO50

Entry address:
0x12634

Entry point:
E8, AD, 6A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 54, 26, 33, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 11, 33, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 54, 26, 33, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5693

Code size:
151 KB (154,624 bytes)

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