videos+media+players-codedownloader.exe

videos+Media+Players

Pani Poni Network

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 videos+media+players-codedownloader.exe, “videos+Media+Players exe” by Pani Poni Network has been detected as adware by 34 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 videos+Media+Players by Pani Poni Network which is a potentially unwanted software program. Built using the Crossrider web brower toolkit the CodeDownloader component will automatically connnect to the remote API server and download additional code/components for enter extension/toolbar. The component makes a number of requests to the host app-static.crossrider.com/plugins/.../monetization/monetizationLoader.js. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
enter  (signed by Pani Poni Network)

Product:
videos+Media+Players

Description:
videos+Media+Players exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
81e4a935143ac25db68a7f8495e8795d

SHA-1:
2f26911cf3e35b159902ff4b6a44d91e2368955d

SHA-256:
58fe08b17653425fdaa74ec65c7f13eede40b63d736587ccee0828f3be4d0438

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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 Pani Poni Network.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:26:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
823

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2014.10.14

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/CrossRider.pq
7.11.177.228

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-AA [PUP]
2014.9-141103

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3301

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.14113

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
1.0.20.1535

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-12356
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19788

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.31451
9.0.1.0307

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
8.14.11.03.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AV (variant)
8.10555

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
11/3/2014

F-Prot
W32/S-9ad4719b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
11.2014-03-11_2

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13662

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
14.0.0.3001

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GeForce.A
v2014.09.24.10

McAfee
Artemis!9A3922912577
5600.6957

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
15.0.0.921

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.denpbb
0.28.2.62483

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.24.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus)
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.Task.d
14.9.24.22

Sophos
AppRider
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00IC14
7.2.307

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJE14
10.465.03

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Adwapper
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
33886

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.2146
2.0.0.1953

File size:
1.1 MB (1,130,912 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
videos+Media+Players.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\videos+media+players\videos+media+players-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/27/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Pani Poni Network, O=Pani Poni Network, 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:
00D7E501E7ADAA5764867C0B6158D78CDF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2014 3:35:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:JPDRv2/kfC/xqkoHsYAJWiGLlUututZN/tynki4NOWWkRptpS+NNpTgQJZq:5R+sa/xqPHspTDN/ty4Gk/tpS+9T73q

Entry address:
0x9F5EA

Entry point:
E8, BD, 05, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 85, C9, 0F, 84, 92, 00, 00, 00, 56, 53, 8B, D9, 8B, 74, 24, 14, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 7C, 24, 10, 75, 0B, C1, E9, 02, 0F, 85, 85, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 74, 2B, 84, C0, 74, 2F, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, E5, 8B, D9, C1, E9, 02, 75, 61, 83, E3, 03, 74, 13, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 84, C0, 74, 37, 83, EB, 01, 75, ED, 8B, 44, 24, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.5619

Code size:
807 KB (826,368 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
df5dfbd5-c5ce-42d2-95f3-08b31ed47c21-1

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:
videos+media+players-codedownloader.exe \rawdata=qyx8yqpizdssrr7c0+wvhnr6mwwiuc8ff\b9afpzo


The file videos+media+players-codedownloader.exe has been discovered within the following program.

videos+Media+Players  by Pani Poni Network
videos+Media+Players is an adware program (supported by various types of advertising) that is usually bundled by third party installers and download managers.
crossrider.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.1.124:80)

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