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visualbee-updater.exe

Visual Software Systems LTD

The application visualbee-updater.exe by Visual Software Systems has been detected as adware by 18 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 VisualBee by VisualBee.com 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 VisualBee extension/toolbar.

File name:

Publisher:

VisualBee (signed by Visual Software Systems LTD)

Product:

VisualBee

Description:

VisualBee exe

Version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:

18df52e6a33574cbb645cdd74dd362fd

SHA-1:

17379f2885b1f1afc52294a43e2dd1c7a4ae4650

SHA-256:

0936e29a5499273bce49bb12662d41e00997828c7d3c67d32f851bb2534b9e6f

Scanner detections:

18 / 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. The owner/publisher of this file is Visual Software Systems LTD.

Analysis date:

5/27/2024 1:12:14 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.Generic.582686

1129

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/Crossid.A.4

7.11.109.104

AVG

Generic_r

2014.0.3616

Baidu Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Toolbar

4.0.3.1411

Bitdefender

Adware.Generic.582686

1.0.20.5

Bkav FE

W32.Clodcc1.Trojan

1.3.0.4562

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider (variant)

7.8999

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Fam.NB

1/1/2014

F-Secure

Adware.Generic.582686

11.2014-01-01_4

G Data

Adware.Generic.582686

14.1.22

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of plus-hd-2.3-updater.exe (Adware)

2014.1.1.22

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.174.10509

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Lyrics.A

v2014.01.01.10

McAfee

Artemis!7CC630196DEE

5600.7263

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.Generic.582686

15.0.0.3

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Task.VisualSoftwareSystems.R

14.2.16.4

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.R047H0AIG13

7.2.1

VIPRE Antivirus

Crossrider

22994

File size:

355.2 KB (363,736 bytes)

Product version:

1000.1000.1000.1000

Original file name:

VisualBee.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\visualbee\visualbee-updater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Visual Software Systems LTD

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

10/4/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

10/18/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Visual Software Systems LTD, O=Visual Software Systems LTD, L=Tel Aviv - Yafo, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

02F58F3809AB50D82BED45D3CEAC82AD

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/18/2013 5:18:11 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:OvKhcb2v/3ORHjgwkG//u3CWTzRwIPjVgYln6ecJNpTB19vf:LO2v/3ONjgwkG//u3CWiojVgAkpTjB

Entry address:

0x2DD64

Entry point:

E8, 2F, AA, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 57, 56, 53, 33, FF, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 0B, C0, 7D, 14, 47, 8B, 54, 24, 10, F7, D8, F7, DA, 83, D8, 00, 89, 44, 24, 14, 89, 54, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 1C, 0B, C0, 7D, 14, 47, 8B, 54, 24, 18, F7, D8, F7, DA, 83, D8, 00, 89, 44, 24, 1C, 89, 54, 24, 18, 0B, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4C, 24, 18, 8B, 44, 24, 14, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 10, F7, F1, 8B, D3, EB, 41, 8B, D8, 8B, 4C, 24, 18, 8B, 54, 24, 14, 8B, 44, 24, 10, D1, EB, D1, D9, D1, EA, D1, D8, 0B, DB, 75, F4, F7... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.5091

Code size:

274.5 KB (281,088 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

VisualBee-updater

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

Action:

visualbee-updater.exe \runupdater \agentregpath='visualbee' \appid=33906

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

VisualBee by VisualBee.com

VisualBee (Visual Software Systems) is a web browser extension and toolbar that delivers contextual based advertising as well as modify the user's web browser home and search pages to provide advertising and search.

www.visualbee.com

88% remove it

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com (52.216.17.154:80)

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