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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 ObjectBrowser_version2.1 by Object Browser. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Porter Studio Plus  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8034f26768c3c2c68abf9d2cba5617e4

SHA-1:
980898cd34af98882f6ad83d330d1d46ce70afd0

SHA-256:
4793ed7aaf54032c7796382caeb083067c183c7566812211cabdb761c4acb851

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:
4/24/2024 3:08:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.182.124

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\objectbrowser_version2.1\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:Gsxf9F4ScO0Bc63dORScl6YFQsWjcdyq31tD3A:Hx1ncNBc8d26Ytyq31tDw

Entry address:
0x4EFD

Entry point:
E8, 1E, 59, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 68, 2E, 41, 00, E8, 2D, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 8C, 24, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B1, 58, 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, 92, 52, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
52 KB (53,248 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
ObjectBrowser_version2.1

Display publisher:
Object Browser

Display version:
1.35.9.29

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\ObjectBrowser_version2.1\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1


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