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video-high-updater.exe

video-high

The application video-high-updater.exe has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program video-high by Crossrider Advanced Technologies Ltd. (Platform) which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is built using the Crossrider browser extension toolkit; the Updater component is used to dynamically connects to the Crossrider API (update.srvstatsdata.com/.../{CAMP_ID}/update.json) and download additional code in order to automatically update video-high extension/toolbar.
Publisher:
video-high

Product:
video-high

Description:
video-high exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
b00428518ec1d9842a64d96cd45f9b53

SHA-1:
280f8e78c37f6e9ec2ff39d5009a43a3ea0a7d9e

SHA-256:
c667b90f3701a759779e365aadf86196de71a4664d2ae8f8607a9ed61d06c557

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Crossrider toolbar platform. This is the updater mechanism that runs in the background as a scheduled task.

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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:15:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of plushd8.1-updater.exe (Adware)
2014.4.25.4

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.videohigh.S
14.3.14.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
27232

File size:
382 KB (391,168 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
video-high.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\video-high\video-high-updater.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2014 4:57:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:clQ4hKJ2mBvoDdU9bMQUZ1MycV5lJ6ZuKEMArXTtpTBFvB7ioS:cK8KJ2mBvoD6MQUZ1My0J6ZuKEMArBpY

Entry address:
0x333D8

Entry point:
E8, 61, 99, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, C8, C7, 45, 00, E8, 52, 25, 00, 00, E8, D2, 16, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, F4, 98, 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, E4, 55, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
289 KB (295,936 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
video-high-updater

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
video-high-updater.exe \runupdater \agentregpath='video-high' \appid=5157


The file video-high-updater.exe has been discovered within the following program.

video-high  by Crossrider Advanced Technologies Ltd. (Platform)
This is an ad-supported (adware) web browser extension.
crossrider.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update.srvstatsdata.com  (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ssl.hwcdn.net  (205.185.208.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to errors.srvstatsdata.com  (208.85.150.249:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to app-static.crossrider.com  (69.16.175.10:80)

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