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Selecao Technologies (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 Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments) has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program PlusHD Q-9.1V24.01 by PlusHD Q-9.1V24.01. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f1a03f9c20ecc54dcd99da5be0208a49

SHA-1:
958fb069246db31f510fe9fea4ab741f099eb673

SHA-256:
86f6fe601a14e20e0187dbfcadf469ce3ba4e21b6c68be14bbaff43343ad4c34

Scanner detections:
17 / 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. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 5:43:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lepJg1ci
6434017

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3219

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.15124

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lepJg1ci
1.0.20.120

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.GIFI
20833

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.9678
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lepJg1ci
9.0.0.4799

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

F-Prot
W32/S-440413f3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lepJg1ci
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lepJg1ci
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Gen.Application.Heur
t3scan.1.8.6.0

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

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lepJg1ci
16.0.0.72

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lepJg1ci
02.01.2015 13:58:24

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle
15.1.26.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
36694

File size:
117 KB (119,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\plushd q-9.1v24.01\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/15/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Selecao Technologies (Bright Circle Investments Ltd), O=Selecao Technologies (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:
3F2791037D410A199539AA4A99F7DEB3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/23/2015 3:04:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:0fcje4GTZGB6DiUb4z9rmkfSn2EOB5myDnsq1ktUAeM1ckoLxsWjcd+n6dfhuW:+MrGNGBb9r5q2EmtDUUyv+n6dfhu

Entry address:
0x8A6D

Entry point:
E8, C1, 65, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 30, B2, 41, 00, E8, 2D, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 23, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 54, 65, 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, 35, 5F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4107

Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PlusHD Q-9.1V24.01

Display publisher:
PlusHD Q-9.1V24.01

Display version:
1.36.01.22

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\PlusHD Q-9.1V24.01\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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