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vid-saver-bg.exe

Vid-Saver

Friendly Apps

This is part of a distribution package that is classified as adware distributed by 50onRed. This adware is used to interact with the installed web browsers and inject ads and modify the default search and homepages. The application vid-saver-bg.exe by Friendly Apps has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Vid-Saver by 215 Apps which is a potentially unwanted software program. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads.
Publisher:
215 Apps  (signed by Friendly Apps)

Product:
Vid-Saver

Description:
Vid-Saver exe

Version:
1.1.150.33

MD5:
b07a51c3f16192ba18970157af8c2a6e

SHA-1:
6dd732ab4f5d8ecd4e9bebede802ccbf2258c6ad

SHA-256:
231df6f4b121ba95c4d4ec8e5d6d1b79fb49add906ec941e74010aeeb530d531

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Browser extension that injects additional advertisements (banner and text links) on web pages.

Note:
Crossrider is the owner of a platform that enables the creation of cross-browser extensions by developers but is not the owner of this detected application. The owner/publisher of this file is Friendly Apps.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 2:04:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2
7.11.208.88

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-160107

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Toolbar.CrossRider
4.0.3.1617

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.893
9.0.1.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider (variant)
10.8793

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrossRider
1/7/2016

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
16.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Dialer
13.193.14895

Malwarebytes
PUP.CrossRider.CDD
v2016.01.07.12

McAfee
Artemis!5BA632A47661
5600.6527

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.FriendlyApps (M)
16.1.7.12

Sophos
AppRider
4.91

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RC1H1EK
7.2.7

VIPRE Antivirus
GamePlayLabs
21428

File size:
877.4 KB (898,440 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.150.33

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Vid-Saver.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\vid-saver\vid-saver-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Friendly Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/30/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/1/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Friendly Apps, O=Friendly Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
56D17D2D52C2BC3A2CECDA129CA33619

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/16/2012 1:13:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:co2QBmhmNlZ+Y6qyRDA/sqpy0TYLefHtX2J:B1mIlZ/6/RgsqXULm2J

Entry address:
0x80B69

Entry point:
E8, 40, A8, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 2D, A4, 03, 00, 00, 74, 22, 83, E8, 04, 74, 17, 83, E8, 0D, 74, 0C, 48, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, B8, 04, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 12, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 04, 08, 00, 00, C3, B8, 11, 04, 00, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 8B, F0, 68, 01, 01, 00, 00, 33, FF, 8D, 46, 1C, 57, 50, E8, 77, D7, FF, FF, 33, C0, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, C1, 89, 7E, 04, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 0C, C1, E1, 10, 0B, C1, 8D, 7E, 10, AB, AB, AB, B9, 78, 90, 4D, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8D, 46, 1C, 2B, CE, BF, 01, 01, 00, 00, 8A, 14, 01...
 
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Entropy:
6.5426

Code size:
732.5 KB (750,080 bytes)

The file vid-saver-bg.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Vid-Saver  by 215 Apps
Vid-Saver is an advertising support video dowload utility that allows for downloading streaming files such as YouTube to the user's local hard drive for playback in the Vid-Saver player or other compatable players.
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