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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 19 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV12.12 by HQ-VideoV12.12. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f3b97096579a3a8979077c00e534a4a5

SHA-1:
826828cfb2f54af296356cc63ee8692aca7994fb

SHA-256:
18bd721ea230101a6874828eaa664e0cd4ad2b05aa078fad28fb037ef081789c

Scanner detections:
19 / 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). Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:35:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lSSAnupi
6166376

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.196.80

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3258

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141217

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lSSAnupi
1.0.20.1755

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lSSAnupi
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lSSAnupi
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lSSAnupi
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14354

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
15.0.0.543

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lSSAnupi
15.0.0.1053

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lSSAnupi
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.19.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Application.119
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BadFingerProjectBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
14.12.17.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.141215

Sophos
Generic PUA KK
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

File size:
101.5 KB (103,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hq-video-pro-2.1cv12.12\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
12/12/2014 2:04:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:RgVOrhXE+dzii5CjQLyb9EV1cSXcOrvJWsWjcdTNS+pdG:mVOy+Mi5nbrvJZTNS+pk

Entry address:
0x5677

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 64, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F0, 6E, 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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Code size:
67 KB (68,608 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV12.12

Display publisher:
HQ-VideoV12.12

Display version:
1.35.12.8

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\HQ-Video-Pro-2.1cV12.12\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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