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videosmediaplayersversion2.1-codedownloader.exe

videosMediaPlayersversion2.1LProductVersion

Railroad Party Apps

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 videosmediaplayersversion2.1-codedownloader.exe, “videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 exeHFileVersion” by Railroad Party Apps has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. 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 Railroad Party Apps)

Product:
videosMediaPlayersversion2.1LProductVersion

Description:
videosMediaPlayersversion2.1 exeHFileVersion

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
22c44399e548823baf2b066fc0449439

SHA-1:
7f5a75d9acd8b4151626451163201c691e89635e

Scanner detections:
38 / 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 Railroad Party Apps.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 11:45:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@me5CdXiO
675

AegisLab AV Signature
AdWare.MSIL.DomaIQ
2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.CrossRider
2015.02.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.181.56

avast!
Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]
2014.9-150401

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3153

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossAd
4.0.3.1541

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@me5CdXiO
1.0.20.455

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

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20914

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.37155
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499
8.15.04.01.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AY (variant)
9.10620

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/GoogUpdate.AY!tr
4/1/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-1a27c920
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@me5CdXiO
11.2015-01-04_4

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of radio canyon-codedownloader.exe (Adware)
2015.7.6.3

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14818

Kaspersky
Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate
14.0.0.2259

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.RadioCanyon.A
v2015.04.01.06

McAfee
Artemis!22C44399E548
5600.6809

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.187.339.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.ev1@me5CdXiO
16.0.0.273

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.dhbrtw
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20150401

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.06

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

Quick Heal
Trojan.NSIS.g5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Crossrider.Task.Brightcircle
15.4.1.6

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.175C6496!391931030
23.00.65.15330

Sophos
Generic PUA HP
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00KP14
7.2.91

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00KP14
10.465.01

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Adwapper
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.4208
2.0.0.2050

File size:
1.1 MB (1,117,600 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
videosMediaPlayersversion2.1.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\videosmediaplayersversion2.1\videosmediaplayersversion2.1-codedownloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Railroad Party Apps

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/20/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Railroad Party Apps, O=Railroad Party Apps, 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:
066FE8567876E15A3F87AB41B136D294

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/29/2014 10:36:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:X/w7h3onCWxBrtgifKwrlLGtqma2NUpS3EjTNT:X/w7GnDHglwwU2NUpS3EjTNT

Entry address:
0x9E6F2

Entry point:
E8, 3D, 03, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 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, 5B, 5E, 5F, C3, F7, C7, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.5609

Code size:
793 KB (812,032 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
5eec38c5-5ac4-41c1-b52a-6c56e2708a69-1

Path:
C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\5eec38c5-5ac4-41c1-b52a-6c56e2708a69-1.job

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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)

 
http://update.srvstatsdata.com/installer_updates/009728/update.json

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to stats.srvstatsdata.com  (176.32.99.41:80)

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

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