uninstall.exe

ColoColo 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 uninstall.exe by ColoColo Apps (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 15 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 SensePlus by Sense+. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:

MD5:
5b9c8e920536dde023b9a65b5df2fee1

SHA-1:
790066ae578c003948bc8ff6103770178d913e80

SHA-256:
30ea96c49d9a41236fcf7fe33a695a6c06e62b4afd2e85d865632ddda803df03

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:09:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lisLddai
6505302

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lisLddai
1.0.20.160

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.GIFI
20920

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lisLddai
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lisLddai
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lisLddai
15.2.25

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider
15.0.0.543

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lisLddai
16.0.0.96

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.02.01.05

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle
15.2.10.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.15130

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
36694

File size:
123 KB (125,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\senseplus\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/16/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ColoColo Apps (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=ColoColo 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:
00D815C7CD687694A6F4119A3535D31D7A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/1/2015 2:04:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:G2QNTvk+l3QISYo4ULptLhE/J2235ChYbTTEZtJllycIMcKaDCbHmFJc1ZdsWjc2:56k+lAXtS223oweQ4ZiQVr0nq

Entry address:
0x966E

Entry point:
E8, 0E, 68, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 58, C4, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 33, 3C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A1, 67, 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, 82, 61, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
87 KB (89,088 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
SensePlus

Display publisher:
Sense+

Display version:
1.36.01.22

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\SensePlus\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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