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the wedownload manager-bg.exe

The weDownload Manager

Sailor Project

This potentially unwanted Internet browser extension is built upon and distributed using the free Crossrider platform and will deliver advertisements to the web browser in various formats such as banner, text hyper-links, inline text and transitional ads. The application the wedownload manager-bg.exe, “The weDownload Manager exe” by Sailor Project has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
weDownload  (signed by Sailor Project)

Product:
The weDownload Manager

Description:
The weDownload Manager exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
64f64571109bd31ea7136e425f368338

SHA-1:
425fc36a0c64ced95d2e1299a10514e2c02f5b23

SHA-256:
9a57b4cf523b2a0dec39df213b8c2603acf4eae23d6c550d2c3d08185a2e0c6d

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 Sailor Project.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:26:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
889

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2
7.11.164.206

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140829

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3367

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14829

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
1.0.20.1205

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.28154
9.0.1.0241

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
8.14.08.29.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AL (variant)
8.10238

F-Prot
W32/A-eb9ef301
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CrossRider
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate
14.0.0.3332

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.weDownload.A
v2014.08.29.12

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!E4340E228FF6
5600.7023

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
15.0.0.723

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.29.12

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.SailorProject.Z
14.8.29.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.14827

Sophos
weDownload Manager
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
32128

File size:
539.4 KB (552,296 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
The weDownload Manager.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\the wedownload manager\the wedownload manager-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sailor Project

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/18/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/19/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sailor Project, O=Sailor Project, 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:
47C5F145C734CD3D086C0A102176F0A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/11/2014 12:08:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/8bMkCcgeb1jClELAXYDE4ddn8nwfdCMZSuw7zz5qAODlQWaXe+iTBN0slHX:1kCcqlELAXYDEyl8IlE5O5QW1+iTv0e

Entry address:
0x490F8

Entry point:
E8, 5F, CC, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A8, 00, 48, 00, E8, 52, 49, 00, 00, E8, C6, 1C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, F2, CB, 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, 70, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
418 KB (428,032 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-23-23-140-252.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.140.252:443)

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