toolbar_production_100911.crxbho.exe

FreeCause, Inc.

The application toolbar_production_100911.crxbho.exe by FreeCause has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Nullsoft Install System installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from client.fcrewards.com.
Publisher:
FreeCause, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2592c27b5790b2a67c513f30f101331d

SHA-1:
46fedced03122fbcb7f25c717190b86f107462d7

SHA-256:
50214c5ffb9c02992da0803f31e3807204cdae203314de520f51c65308921a6f

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:04:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.FreeCause.FF
14.12.29.23

File size:
610.2 KB (624,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\toolbar_production_100911.crxbho.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2012 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/27/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="FreeCause, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="FreeCause, Inc.", L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
605E5D633DE88751BF7880C36287931F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 4:14:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/GE76KPukSebk5Lhew9GumfYwR+Q++/v1+nQ9Evk7ukSB:/Gu6KPjSuAhDRiYwR+Q+5Q9tjSB

Entry address:
0x37D4

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, E8, 8B, 46, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 2E, 43, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 9F, 46, 00, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 48, 3C, 42, 00, E8, AB, 28, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, F8, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FE, FF, FF, 50, 6A, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, E8, E4, 45, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 4D, 92, 40, 00, 68, 28, 3D, 42, 00, E8, E9, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 18, E8, EA, 42, 00, 00, 52, 52, 50, 68, 00, C0, 42, 00, E8, D4, 2A, 00, 00, 57, 6A, 00, E8, 2D, 42, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.9468  (probably packed)

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file toolbar_production_100911.crxbho.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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