welay.exe

Morgan Enter Mode

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 welay.exe, “Object Browser exe” by Morgan Enter Mode has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named WELAY triggered to execute each time a user logs in. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Object Browser  (signed by Morgan Enter Mode)

Product:
Object Browser

Description:
Object Browser exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
72d5e93ddd6801606677c2a58d43870c

SHA-1:
2b786a63e4b1cdd37558fa87574e9cb527b58046

SHA-256:
5802dd35891b1f5cfc0052b6e9e65e9da374c5516c0e2c2884fe67a63d4658ce

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:17:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
7.11.180.40

AVG
Morgan
2015.0.3314

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.141022

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider.36627
9.0.1.0306

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AX (variant)
8.10597

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Adwapper
11/2/2014

G Data
Win32.Adware.Crossrider
14.10.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
14.0.0.3065

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ObjectBrowser.A
v2014.10.22.01

McAfee
Artemis!72D5E93DDD68
5600.6970

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.dgzpak
0.28.2.62841

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

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.11.2.10

Sophos
Generic PUA CL
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Crossrider
34118

File size:
1.4 MB (1,464,224 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Object Browser.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\welay.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/27/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Morgan Enter Mode, O=Morgan Enter Mode, 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:
00E247EA066029B70533C15792B60ED4D8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/20/2014 2:35:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:s3bZoz04QrvLPl8FyxgwHocSivIx0X0UV0uqcAVylX95EM3sn2GfpSRcHT4qbh:srJ/NwwHo/iw5SHAVyV3s2GfpSR8T11

Entry address:
0xE78F0

Entry point:
E8, C3, 00, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 78, 09, E8, F6, 01, 01, 00, 3B, 30, 7C, 07, E8, ED, 01, 01, 00, 8B, 30, E8, E0, 01, 01, 00, 8B, 04, B0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, 34, 5F, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 07, B8, 70, 54, 54, 00, EB, 26, 53, 57, 33, FF, BB, 86, 00, 00, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 1B, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 7E, 31, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 46, 24, 85, C0, 75, 0A, B8, 70, 54, 54, 00, 5F, 5B, 5E, 5D, C3, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 76, 24, E8, 90, FF, FF, FF, 50, 53, 56, E8, 3F, EE...
 
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Code size:
1 MB (1,086,464 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
WELAY

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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