home

uninstall.exe

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 16 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program iWebar by iWebar. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension platform. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
566c19b797d32274d208ecdf90ee892e

SHA-1:
ccf075bd4b27dc2c629801bf266e8e53220fe466

SHA-256:
50cb1d77f109b962aff09dc5ed7fa2a60934694bb74315c37df3be98306e5531

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 1:01:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l0seNzbi
778

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.121824
7.11.195.126

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3266

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14129

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l0seNzbi
1.0.20.1765

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l0seNzbi
8.14.12.19.12

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l0seNzbi
11.2014-19-12_6

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
14.12.24

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

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l0seNzbi
15.0.0.1059

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@l0seNzbi
11.20141219

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.09.09

Reason Heuristics
Adware.iWebar.BadFingerProjectBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
14.12.9.8

Sophos
Generic PUA EI
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

File size:
119 KB (121,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
11/18/2015 10:59:59 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:
12/9/2014 10:04:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:HGQvREBdVSH8Y0EKt4Dpxge81W2M0CEvimJcFT6sWjcdXVWxf8888q0Yn:3IdVSmt41xg9nvqRXgx60M

Entry address:
0x8A33

Entry point:
E8, C8, 66, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F0, B3, 41, 00, E8, 27, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 9F, 3D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 5B, 66, 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, 3C, 60, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.4101

Code size:
83 KB (84,992 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
iWebar

Display publisher:
iWebar

Display version:
1.35.11.26

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


Remove uninstall.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.