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 18 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This file is typically installed with the program I - Cinema by Bright circle investments Ltd. which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
BadFinger Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0f966e0aadfa161d69aa349de8541257

SHA-1:
ef0686ca9ae612faef5edc9e4ce002a0191f9d70

SHA-256:
ca75c93518997065e35f6881a39f045f3e570857d2b08e053f7b5e17045259c6

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 9:04:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lGB0kjhi
778

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
7.11.194.188

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3263

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141212

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lGB0kjhi
1.0.20.1765

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lGB0kjhi
8.14.12.19.12

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lGB0kjhi
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.gqX@lGB0kjhi
15.0.0.1059

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.gqX@lGB0kjhi
11.20141219

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.12.12.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.a87
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BadFingerProjectBrightCircleInvestmentsLimited.J
14.12.12.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
23.00.65.141210

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\i - cinema\uninstall.exe

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

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/16/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
12/11/2014 10:04:08 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:2gVOrhXE+dzii5CjQLyb9EV1cSXcOrvJWsWjcdTNS+pdM:3VOy+Mi5nbrvJZTNS+pi

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...
 
[+]

Code size:
67 KB (68,608 bytes)

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

I - Cinema  by Bright circle investments Ltd.
i - cinema is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site.
88% remove it
 
Powered by Should I Remove It?

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.