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Armageddon Labs (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 Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited) has been detected as adware by 13 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 Sense by Object Browser. This file is typically installed with the program Sense by Object Browser which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
51870340c1ba66097f0cb25f6bb63aab

SHA-1:
e4061a671fc61a10014bdcd5ebffdeb413a4bd13

SHA-256:
7993342e255ed036addbd7208d86a674a9ae3bb9c1446a9452a61c9d9c10902b

Scanner detections:
13 / 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 7:59:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lmf6X3ki
6213306

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lmf6X3ki
1.0.20.1780

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lmf6X3ki
9.0.0.4668

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

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lmf6X3ki
11.2014-22-12_2

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lmf6X3ki
14.12.24

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

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lmf6X3ki
15.0.0.1068

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.hqX@lmf6X3ki
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.22.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArmageddonLabsBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
15.1.4.17

File size:
113 KB (115,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/1/2014 1:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), O=Armageddon Labs (BrightCircle Investments Limited), 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:
00C5692390E715129E144F950D09DA6E8A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/21/2014 12:33:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:/cKAyn9DzU/1RgsuPIFFby7vh2+ARD/ZgbOOt6x8Gc1LnT18hJsWjcd0w8IWY:+yn9XU/PKiFby7vcNRF92LT1L0w8IZ

Entry address:
0x7DCF

Entry point:
E8, 4D, 66, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 08, A1, 41, 00, E8, 2B, 0A, 00, 00, E8, A4, 3C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, E0, 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, C1, 5F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
78 KB (79,872 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Sense

Display publisher:
Object Browser

Display version:
1.35.12.18

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


The file uninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Sense  by Object Browser
Sense is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that will attempt to modify the user's home and search page settings as well as display advertisements in the browser. The software will attach to IE, Chrome and Firefox.
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