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uninstall.exe

Porter Studio Plus

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 uninstall.exe by Porter Studio Plus has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Sense by Object Browser. This file is typically installed with the program Sense by Object Browser which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.

File name:

uninstall.exe

Publisher:

Porter Studio Plus (signed and verified)

MD5:

987dffce38d25e6e891078e2cbce8483

SHA-1:

07daa456041865954e931617062de965967f0b2f

SHA-256:

96906bdc6e79498d25752cd4a54bbb5bdf55eb1a37952fb27d8b1e4b99b1ed54

Scanner detections:

4 / 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).

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 6:22:42 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7

7.11.182.116

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3305

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AW (variant)

8.10646

Reason Heuristics

PUP.PorterStudioPlus.J

14.11.3.21

File size:

85.9 KB (87,968 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\sense\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Porter Studio Plus

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

10/20/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

10/21/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Porter Studio Plus, O=Porter Studio Plus, 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:

00B7BA41CFBA8D50AF9A2A64362C08FA91

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/29/2014 10:36:09 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:Ssxf9F4ScO0Bc63dORScl6YFQsWjcdyq31tD3f:bx1ncNBc8d26Ytyq31tDv

Entry address:

0x4EFD

Entry point:

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Code size:

52 KB (53,248 bytes)

Program Uninstaller

Program name:

Sense

Display publisher:

Object Browser

Display version:

1.35.9.29

Uninstall string:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Sense\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1

The file uninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Sense by Object Browser

Sense is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that will attempt to modify the user's home and search page settings as well as display advertisements in the browser. The software will attach to IE, Chrome and Firefox.

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