Radio Canyon

Radio Canyon

Known Adware

by Bright circle investments Ltd.

What is Radio Canyon?

Radio Canyon is software application developed by Bright circle investments Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 60.87% of installations running this operating system. Radio Canyon's installer is typically 10.00 MB in size and installs around 302 files. The most common release is 1.35.9.29 with 71.36% of all installations currently using this version.

Radio Canyon is most popular in the United States with 16.85% of installations residing in this country.

Radio Canyon adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Radio Canyon?

Radio Canyon, also known as Porter Studio Plus, is an ad-supported web browser extension designed to inject various types of advertising into the web pages visited by the user. It is typically bundled by third party installers and download managers. This program is compatible with Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. Upon installation, Radio Canyon runs within the user's browser and inserts ads in the form of full banner advertisements and text hyperlinks. These ads are not associated with the underlying website and are added through an extension, BHO, or plugin depending on the browser. One of the key functions of Radio Canyon is to track the web pages visited, search terms, and domains to target ads based on the user's interests and queries. Overall, Radio Canyon installs a web browser extension, injects ads within the underlying web pages, and tracks user activity to personalize the ads displayed.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Radio Canyon.

utils.exe (MD5: f6041f13b00662786e42140714f3383d) has been flagged by 51 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Trojan.Generic.12060658
AegisLab AdWare.NSIS.Indirect
avast! NSIS:Crossrider-J [PUP]
AVG MultiBundle
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.VMDetector.BI
Bitdefender Trojan.Generic.12060658
Bkav FE HW32.Packed
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.37085
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Trojan.Generic.12060658
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Packed.VMDetector.I
Fortinet FortiGate PossibleThreat
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.12060658
G Data Trojan.Generic.12060658
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A
McAfee Artemis!D6636AFF1AD7
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.dhghqr
nProtect Trojan.Generic.12060658
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
Rising Antivirus PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
Symantec WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspici.E02573A0
Vba32 AntiVirus Trojan.GoogUpdate
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Adwapper!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.CrossRider
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/NSIS.Adwapper.df
Arcabit Application.Heur.ECE58C
Avira ADWARE/CrossRider.KB
AVware Crossrider (fs)
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.BrightCircle.OD6
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/A-6583813c!Eldorado
F-Prot W32/A-6583813c!Eldorado
Jiangmin AdWare/NSIS.cuw
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9a31 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9a31 )
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!PUP
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Application.Heur.fv1@miFoeClO
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Sophos Generic PUA MP
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.CrossRider/Variant
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00LB14
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Zillya Adware.Adwapper.Win32.2099
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Crossrider-156
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper.dk
Microsoft Security Essentials BrowserModifier:Win32/IeEnablerCby
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.GoogUpdate
ViRobot Adware.Adwapper.1982368[h]
ALYac Adware.Crossrider.BW
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-6.exe (MD5: 82980ed9fca53b10b101865dce3f1163) has been flagged by 48 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@mutw!hoi
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.CrossRider
Antiy-AVL Trojan/NSIS.GoogUpdate
avast! Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Morgan.7D2
Avira ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAY
Bitdefender Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@mutw!hoi
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.1651
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.BrightCircle.OD6
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/Crossrider.C.gen!Eldorado
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AY potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Adwapper
F-Prot W32/Crossrider.C.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@mutw!hoi
G Data Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@mutw!hoi
Jiangmin AdWare/NSIS.cbe
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004afade1 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004afade1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper.cd
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.RadioCanyon.A
McAfee Artemis!82980ED9FCA5
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.th
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Application.Heur.mz1@mutw!hoi
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.digvxq
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos Generic PUA EN
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Nsis.Adware.Adwapper.Dzto
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00KT14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00KT14
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Adwapper
Arcabit Application.Heur.E9B7A6
AVware Crossrider (fs)
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider1.38952
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.CrossRider/Variant
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Zillya Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.4808
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.GoogUpdate
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.GoogUpdate!6.1E39
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.870304
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Adwapper!
ALYac Adware.Generic.1134768
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Generic.1134768 (B)
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Agent-25147
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-5.exe (MD5: 051cec4e61bd5cb6d3454b248ee59833) has been flagged by 50 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Application.Heur.Zu1@myIrDhhO
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.CrossRider
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/NSIS.Adwapper
avast! Win32:Crossrider-AI [PUP]
AVG Morgan.7D2
Avira ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen
AVware Crossrider (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.CrossAd.AY
Bitdefender Gen:Application.Heur.Zu1@myIrDhhO
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.A80D
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.BrightCircle.OD6
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/S-a64d6097!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.36322
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AY potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Adwapper
F-Prot W32/S-a64d6097!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Application.Heur.Zu1@myIrDhhO
G Data Gen:Application.Heur.Zu1@myIrDhhO
Jiangmin AdWare/NSIS.ckb
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 004af5591 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004af5591 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper.cd
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.RadioCanyon.A
McAfee Artemis!051CEC4E61BD
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Application.Heur.Zu1@myIrDhhO
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.dhhnii
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising Antivirus PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
Sophos Generic PUA CF
Symantec Adware.Crossid
Tencent Nsis.Adware.Adwapper.Cho
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OK514
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OK514
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Adwapper
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Zillya Adware.Adwapper.Win32.755
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider!
Arcabit Application.Heur.E12A88
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.CrossRider/Variant
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Adwapper
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.1129888
ALYac Adware.Crossrider.BW
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Crossrider.BW (B)
Clam AntiVirus Win.Trojan.Crossrider-166
Microsoft Security Essentials BrowserModifier:Win32/IeEnablerCby
ViRobot Adware.Agent.489808[h]
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-4.exe (MD5: 9cc30e904575c12102d8ebdf22281084) has been flagged by 50 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Application.Heur.Bv1@maaKE5eO
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.CrossRider
avast! Win32:Crossrider-AP [PUP]
AVG Morgan.7D2
Avira ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen4
AVware Crossrider (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.CrossAd.AX
Bitdefender Gen:Application.Heur.Bv1@maaKE5eO
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.78A4
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.BrightCircle.OD6
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/A-1a27c920!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.36258
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AX potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Adwapper
F-Prot W32/A-1a27c920!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Application.Heur.Bv1@maaKE5eO
G Data Gen:Application.Heur.Bv1@maaKE5eO
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.GoogUpdate
Jiangmin AdWare/NSIS.ctw
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004afade1 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004afade1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper.cd
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.RadioCanyon.A
McAfee Artemis!9CC30E904575
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Application.Heur.Bv1@maaKE5eO
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.Crossrider.dgvnkc
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.1496480
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos Generic PUA NN
Symantec Adware.Crossid
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OB115
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OB115
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
Zillya Adware.Adwapper.Win32.700
Antiy-AVL Trojan/NSIS.GoogUpdate.dq
Vba32 AntiVirus Trojan.GoogUpdate
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Crossrider-125
Arcabit Application.Heur.EFAF39
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!PUP
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.CrossRider/Variant
Rising Antivirus PE:Malware.CrossRider!6.233A
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Adwapper!
ALYac Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.133003 (B)
Microsoft Security Essentials BrowserModifier:Win32/IeEnablerCby
ViRobot Adware.Agent.489808[h]
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-11.exe (MD5: 7760a8ab668c7f9a3ecfcd708e3d3e69) has been flagged by 50 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Application.Heur.4v1@milcreiO
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.CrossRider
Antiy-AVL Trojan/NSIS.GoogUpdate
avast! Win32:Crossrider-AP [PUP]
AVG Morgan.7D2
Avira ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7
AVware Crossrider (fs)
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.CrossRider.bAX
Bitdefender Gen:Application.Heur.4v1@milcreiO
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.E2CD
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.BrightCircle.OD6
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Agent-23114
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Plush.GRI
Cyren W32/A-1a27c920!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Crossrider.36272
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AX potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Adwapper
F-Prot W32/A-1a27c920!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Application.Heur.4v1@milcreiO
G Data Gen:Application.Heur.4v1@milcreiO
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.GoogUpdate
Jiangmin AdWare/NSIS.cjt
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004afadd1 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004afadd1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper.cd
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.RadioCanyon.A
McAfee Artemis!7760A8AB668C
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.th
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Application.Heur.4v1@milcreiO
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.dgvlat
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.1982368
Panda Antivirus Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.a87
Sophos Generic PUA EH
Symantec Adware.Crossid
Tencent Nsis.Adware.Adwapper.Ahoi
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R047C0EKC14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R047C0EKC14
VIPRE Antivirus Crossrider (fs)
ViRobot Adware.Adwapper.1982368[h]
Arcabit Application.Heur.ED105CE
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.GoogUpdate!6.1E39
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.CrossRider/Variant
Vba32 AntiVirus Trojan.GoogUpdate
Zillya Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.3768
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider!
ALYac Adware.Crossrider.BW
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Crossrider.BW (B)
Microsoft Security Essentials BrowserModifier:Win32/IeEnablerCby
Avira AntiVir ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • cc00aed9-b487-4d63-ac9d-3214ac877062-6.exe is scheduled as a task named 'temp_cc00aed9-b487-4d63-ac9d-3214ac877062-6'.
  • 9aaf316f-5ebb-4aaa-8c4b-1cb2e97d844e-6.exe is scheduled as a task named 'temp_9aaf316f-5ebb-4aaa-8c4b-1cb2e97d844e-6'.
  • 5e10e201-2f50-4d2e-9d23-6e5026ae19a9-5.exe is scheduled as a task named '5e10e201-2f50-4d2e-9d23-6e5026ae19a9-5_user'.
  • 0307fff1-e20a-417f-9e28-bf24e2a9eb2d-6.exe is scheduled as a task named 'temp_0307fff1-e20a-417f-9e28-bf24e2a9eb2d-6'.
  • 6aefd60d-33d5-4c1d-be84-1def778f9c38-5.exe is scheduled as a task named '6aefd60d-33d5-4c1d-be84-1def778f9c38-5_user'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • d95fe8de-4a72-46b0-8310-faa63f67d942-2.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named d95fe8de-4a72-46b0-8310-faa63f67d942-2.
  • 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-7.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-1.
  • 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-6.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-6.
  • 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-5.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-5_user.
  • 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-4.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-4.
  • 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-11.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 741b5238-a6d2-4bda-b88d-1c5d7c9482d1-11.

Software Details

URL:
–
Support:
–
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\radio canyon
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Radio Canyon\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1
Size:
10.00 MB
Language:
English

Radio Canyon Executable Details

Primary executable:
utils.exe
Name:
Radio Canyon
Path:
C:\Program Files\radio canyon\utils.exe
MD5:
f6041f13b00662786e42140714f3383d
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by Radio Canyon
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
uninstall.exe
ab91a7350a5fddcdf0a7b0c60e8e4e71
EXE
utils.exe
Adware
f6041f13b00662786e42140714f3383d
EXE
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-6.exe
Adware
82980ed9fca53b10b101865dce3f1163
EXE
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-5.exe
Adware
051cec4e61bd5cb6d3454b248ee59833
EXE
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-4.exe
Adware
9cc30e904575c12102d8ebdf22281084
EXE
455afca5-26ca-45b2-84e5-d2fd635e48b0-11.exe
Adware
7760a8ab668c7f9a3ecfcd708e3d3e69
EXE
41a38086-a2b7-4a7a-bf23-5a338e2aada4-7.exe
Adware
0ed615ce95526c6de5221010c398d24e
EXE
3ce0df12-564f-427f-a48e-f35568782f2a-7.exe
f7e72a75998b1d019c6c08eddbc6571e
EXE
3b28eeed-009a-48f1-a7f6-0d4aa82d908e-64.exe
19b295a8b20072f672b077fe61ec636a
EXE
39b0c27e-e513-4376-9d09-539622bc7eab-7.exe
a4f5b7a9ba9953cbc79416c97b1557aa