setup.exe

Bright circle investments Ltd.

This adware utilizes the Crossrider extension platform and will inject advertisiments in the Internet browser and may modify core browser settings. Ads will be delivered as banners and contextual text-links and may promote other potentially unwanted software. The application setup.exe by Bright circle investments has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Nullsoft Install System installer. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Bright circle investments Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Oxwzmdsqmghu

Version:
0.14.8.12

MD5:
b3733a7bdd46f4dcce6efb862f6f2033

SHA-1:
6485a0217de2eceae47aa07203921a188488eec3

SHA-256:
f5ac259a4c51da1f0d08226f4413af232bd0980ec60e011dcd0e909ce9933a5e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:31:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.BrightCircle (M)
17.3.7.9

File size:
8 MB (8,372,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bright circle investments Ltd., O=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:
4347D0F2AD67F1767C932B3BFBEA7713

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2012 8:55:02 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

Entry address:
0x4323

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, C3, 44, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, C4, 44, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, C4, 44, 00, 56, A3, 40, 3B, 44, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 3B, 44, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, C4, 44, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9985  (probably packed)

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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