What is Pl-usHD?

Pl-usHD is software application developed by Kimahri Software inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 56.04% of installations running this operating system. Pl-usHD's installer is typically 5.00 MB in size and installs around 113 files. The most common release is 1.34.5.12 with 69.23% of all installations currently using this version.

Pl-usHD is most popular in the United States with 51.38% of installations residing in this country.

About Pl-usHD?

Pl-usHD is a cross-browser add-on for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. This software is distributed through various monetization platforms during installation. While it offers ad-supported features such as banners, search-related ads, pop-ups, pop-unders, interstitial, and in-text link advertisements, it has been updated to ensure a non-intrusive user experience. It no longer turns random web page text into hyperlinks and does not lead to the installation of other unwanted adware programs without the user's knowledge.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Pl-usHD.

8e3c0871-c4b0-4958-a233-1ded93a18b7e-2.exe (MD5: 443bf5dd8aea89030e7ecfd7b425d6f6) has been flagged by 28 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.150.250	Adware/CrossRider.A.3874
Antiy-AVL	0.1.0.1	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.CrossRider.BAC
ESET-NOD32	9835	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AC
Fortinet FortiGate	4	Riskware/Toolbar_CrossRider
G Data	24	Win32.Application.Plush.A
K7 AntiVirus	9.178.12171	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW	9.178.12171	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Malwarebytes	1.75.0001	PUP.Optional.PlusHD.A
McAfee	6.0.4.564	Artemis!443BF5DD8AEA
McAfee-GW-Edition	2013	Artemis!443BF5DD8AEA
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/PlusHD
Sophos	4.98.0	AppRider
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Trojan.ADH.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700-1001	TROJ_GEN.F47V0515
VIPRE Antivirus	29492	Crossrider (fs)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Bitdefender	7.2	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.0.0.599	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 (B)
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.Adware.a3e
NANO AntiVirus	0.28.0.60475	Riskware.Win32.AdLoad.dbbesv
AVG	14.0.0.3972	Generic_r.OG
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider!
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4959	W32.CrossRider.Trojan

8e2251a4-7e1b-49f7-8598-5619a8eb664a-5.exe (MD5: c253463d885ef838a0e7622755e18225) has been flagged by 14 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.151.154	Adware/CrossRider.A.4848
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.CrossRider.bAC
ESET-NOD32	9851	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AC
G Data	24	Win32.Application.Plush.A
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0001	PUP.Optional.PlusHD.A
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/PlusHD
VIPRE Antivirus	29624	Crossrider (fs)
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Trojan.ADH.2
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.Adware.5eb
Sophos	4.98.0	AppRider
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Malware-gen
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider!
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4959	W32.CrossRider.Trojan

8e2251a4-7e1b-49f7-8598-5619a8eb664a-4.exe (MD5: b2e563c3ffde5126a87d70f9ba7168f2) has been flagged by 14 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.151.154	Adware/CrossRider.A.4750
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.CrossRider.BAD
ESET-NOD32	9851	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AD
G Data	24	Win32.Application.Plush.A
Malwarebytes	1.75.0001	PUP.Optional.PlusHD.A
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/PlusHD
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.Adware.5eb
VIPRE Antivirus	29624	Crossrider (fs)
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Trojan.ADH.2
Sophos	4.98.0	AppRider
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Malware-gen
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider!
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4959	W32.CrossRider.Trojan

8e2251a4-7e1b-49f7-8598-5619a8eb664a-2.exe (MD5: 9972fa5f3da679b027e2910bfb1b62e2) has been flagged by 14 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.151.154	Adware/CrossRider.A.5014
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.CrossRider.BAC
ESET-NOD32	9851	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AC
G Data	24	Win32.Application.Plush.A
Malwarebytes	1.75.0001	PUP.Optional.PlusHD.A
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/PlusHD
VIPRE Antivirus	29624	Crossrider (fs)
Sophos	4.98.0	AppRider
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Adware.BL
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Malware-gen
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider!
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4959	W32.CrossRider.Trojan
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Malware.QVM10.Gen

828b7858-3e09-4c6f-bd17-73ad515afec1-5.exe (MD5: d3072e2279c6887dde9e213e629a9c30) has been flagged by 14 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.151.64	Adware/CrossRider.A.4195
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.CrossRider.bAC
ESET-NOD32	9839	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AC
G Data	24	Win32.Application.Plush.A
Malwarebytes	1.75.0001	PUP.Optional.PlusHD.A
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	PUP/PlusHD
Symantec	20131.1.5.61	Trojan.ADH.2
VIPRE Antivirus	29520	Crossrider (fs)
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.Adware.5eb
Sophos	4.98.0	AppRider
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:Malware-gen
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider!
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.04.09.267	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4959	W32.CrossRider.Trojan

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

Pl-usHD-nova.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 644a1e30-4fe0-4d58-8cf9-d6526c9bca45-7.
Pl-usHD-codedownloader.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named dba1c78b-b3c1-43aa-9baa-6d258490dccb-6.
dba1c78b-b3c1-43aa-9baa-6d258490dccb-5.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named dba1c78b-b3c1-43aa-9baa-6d258490dccb-5.
dba1c78b-b3c1-43aa-9baa-6d258490dccb-4.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named dba1c78b-b3c1-43aa-9baa-6d258490dccb-4.
dba1c78b-b3c1-43aa-9baa-6d258490dccb-2.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named dba1c78b-b3c1-43aa-9baa-6d258490dccb-2.
e15dc7b8-9ef5-408d-a370-c54de08ecc3c-5.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named e15dc7b8-9ef5-408d-a370-c54de08ecc3c-5.

Software Details

URL:

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Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Pl-usHD

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\Pl-usHD\Uninstall.exe /fcp=1

Size:

5.00 MB

Language:

English

Pl-usHD Executable Details

Primary executable:

utils.exe

Name:

Pl-usHD

Path:

C:\Program Files\Pl-usHD\utils.exe

MD5:

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SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

DLL

Pl-usHD-bho.dll

Malware

1c04255eb2b2729ed509ea5e03a9fc8b

EXE

Pl-usHD-codedownloader.exe

Malware

d7a6f9014f589ad2e544df312b95e8e1

DLL

Pl-usHD-nova.dll

db5c5b2714775a491f691e8e3b6b8283

EXE

Pl-usHD-nova.exe

Malware

c4ccaea0b5ed629f14e73078229015b7

EXE

c5226ffb-ddaa-4b8d-ba5c-15074723b08a-2.exe

Malware

8bb0c2cf2d230ca338c5a307603d9f97

EXE

c5226ffb-ddaa-4b8d-ba5c-15074723b08a-5.exe

Malware

31df850319f9dc68dbd3d107087016ab

DLL

Pl-usHD-bho64.dll

628f88c81387a8cea89710a8edea5d32

EXE

Pl-usHD-novainstaller.exe

Malware

db0b05c278f8cd6fb2d53953dc8d4b18

EXE

e12ccb29-2561-453a-87ac-9855d60f32ae-3.exe

Malware

d366bfae75fda972e05dce2e16c1682a

EXE

e12ccb29-2561-453a-87ac-9855d60f32ae-4.exe

9e519f176bb2681ec4ccb20a11c685d5

File Type	Filename	MD5
DLL	Pl-usHD-bho.dll Malware	1c04255eb2b2729ed509ea5e03a9fc8b
EXE	Pl-usHD-codedownloader.exe Malware	d7a6f9014f589ad2e544df312b95e8e1
DLL	Pl-usHD-nova.dll	db5c5b2714775a491f691e8e3b6b8283
EXE	Pl-usHD-nova.exe Malware	c4ccaea0b5ed629f14e73078229015b7
EXE	c5226ffb-ddaa-4b8d-ba5c-15074723b08a-2.exe Malware	8bb0c2cf2d230ca338c5a307603d9f97
EXE	c5226ffb-ddaa-4b8d-ba5c-15074723b08a-5.exe Malware	31df850319f9dc68dbd3d107087016ab
DLL	Pl-usHD-bho64.dll	628f88c81387a8cea89710a8edea5d32
EXE	Pl-usHD-novainstaller.exe Malware	db0b05c278f8cd6fb2d53953dc8d4b18
EXE	e12ccb29-2561-453a-87ac-9855d60f32ae-3.exe Malware	d366bfae75fda972e05dce2e16c1682a
EXE	e12ccb29-2561-453a-87ac-9855d60f32ae-4.exe	9e519f176bb2681ec4ccb20a11c685d5

Pl-usHD

What is Pl-usHD?

About Pl-usHD?

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Pl-usHD.

Startup Entries

Software Details

Pl-usHD Executable Details