utility.exe

City Center Games (Extreme White Limited)

The application utility.exe by City Center Games (Extreme White Limited) has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named Crossbrowse triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Crossbrowse by CLARALABSOFTWARE which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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.
Publisher:

Version:
106.0.0.0

MD5:
3e8aed106151ca9c0ef93c623ecd1ba4

SHA-1:
27040ae51d25e018ca9838f1c0864c947b58c616

SHA-256:
516c3380409e2c0e2a68cd376d2f4911fb1319353f10a00927cc73029081f041

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:57:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.06.18

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
8.3.1.6

AVG
Win32/DH{gRJlfRMDICIlV04}
2016.0.3040

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.15722

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.31292
9.0.1.0203

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.CN potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11801

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/AppRider.CN
7/22/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.Agent.IIJFMO
15.7.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.8.23.13

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.206.16562

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.1695

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Crossbrowse.C
v2015.07.22.10

McAfee
Artemis!3E8AED106151
5600.6696

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader14.dtggwm
0.30.24.2487

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.07.22.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ExtremeWhite.installCore (M)
15.7.22.22

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Downloader/Variant
9737

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0EG215
10.465.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
41208

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.CrossRider.Win32.12468
2.0.0.2289

File size:
1.9 MB (1,957,976 bytes)

Product version:
106.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\crossbrowse\crossbrowse\application\utility.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/14/2015 7:30:00 PM

Valid to:
4/14/2016 7:29:59 PM

Subject:
CN=City Center Games (Extreme White Limited), O=City Center Games (Extreme White Limited), STREET=Tassou Papadopulu 6 (flat/office 22), L=Nicosia, S=Agios Dometios, PostalCode=2373, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00808728FFBF020E8929813B59AA2EC529

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/17/2015 5:25:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:MfecA1+cHOEBmaByDTcB1kTapSUdN6KToXIu8QHFBC8FT8:KHA1XXBy3cPoe

Entry address:
0x129D2E

Entry point:
E8, 48, 11, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 24, 8E, 5C, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 48, CE, 5B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 24, 8E, 5C, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01...
 
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Code size:
1.3 MB (1,402,368 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Crossbrowse

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

Crossbrowse  by CLARALABSOFTWARE
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The file utility.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to lb-182-252.above.com  (103.224.182.252:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-75-101-162-66.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (75.101.162.66:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-117-208.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.117.208:80)

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