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BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

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 BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0f8bd9ee888c251f1894a7488f4d1d23

SHA-1:
39fb464ff620dd19d9b33b1ab2d2fa258a1f6d18

SHA-256:
ef43ac46906a34a728a59a7fc1b519c3311d43645695d0879450ff5f14567b1f

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/20/2024 1:27:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lO@p8gki
775

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.197.26

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lO@p8gki
1.0.20.1775

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM (variant)
8.10912

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
12/21/2014

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lO@p8gki
11.2014-21-12_1

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lO@p8gki
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14395

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
14.0.0.2760

McAfee
Artemis!0F8BD9EE888C
5600.6909

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lO@p8gki
15.0.0.1065

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.21.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BadFingerProjectBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
14.12.21.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.141219

Sophos
Generic PUA DJ
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
35958

File size:
103 KB (105,440 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browserappsplus2.1\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/16/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited), 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:
6623FAFCAC357577A31D90C1E567E9A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/14/2014 5:04:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:rXWS/yjzWACHQx9dXgXsibalVJxjcFcasWjcdUkDU9KBun:jWS/yjgHyVj4cFUkDU9Km

Entry address:
0x5A17

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 64, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, 7F, 41, 00, E8, 23, 0A, 00, 00, E8, BA, 23, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 11, 64, 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, F2, 5D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4152

Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

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