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SmartSaver+ 15

Berta Dress Apps (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 smartsaver+ 15-codedownloader.exe, “SmartSaver+ 15 exe” by Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for smart-saverplus 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.
Publisher:
smart-saverplus  (signed by Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd))

Product:
SmartSaver+ 15

Description:
SmartSaver+ 15 exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
a8325f02f879611c01bcdd14b9e5111c

SHA-1:
8d1e2661836f453d2d2d07e1a888070b59b7bbae

SHA-256:
7bf3455ed95a66bb052238f6e21724aa0ae44e53c4553d011d3b73c1122b0f5b

Scanner detections:
23 / 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 Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd).

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:35:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.8u1@m4@CDRgO
749

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.01.17

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.201.216

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3227

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.15116

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.8u1@m4@CDRgO
1.0.20.80

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.5219
9.0.1.016

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.8u1@m81z7PhO
8.15.01.20.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)
9.11026

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
1/20/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.8u1@m4@CDRgO
11.2015-16-01_6

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.8u1@m4@CDRgO
15.1.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
14.0.0.2612

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SmartSaver.A
v2015.01.16.10

McAfee
Artemis!B1D8B5F8865A
5600.6879

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.8u1@m4@CDRgO
16.0.0.48

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider1.dmkvsx
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.8u1@k81z7PhO
11.20150120

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.16.10

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

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider.Task.Brightcircle
15.1.26.11

Sophos
Generic PUA HO
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
36712

File size:
973 KB (996,320 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
SmartSaver+ 15.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smartsaver+ 15\smartsaver+ 15-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/15/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Berta Dress Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Berta Dress Apps (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:
009C113F566DE374D0EF1F22B0B717D3DC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2015 3:05:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DnBxhEaxPxyQOZJGRXm8U+ZIRpSuZC7Ts:DnBvEupytGRKRpSuo7Ts

Entry address:
0x89762

Entry point:
E8, AF, E6, 00, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.6052

Code size:
686.5 KB (702,976 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
59c8faf6-57f2-41ad-bcdd-86bf8df23536-1

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-50-63-202-60.ip.secureserver.net  (50.63.202.60:80)

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