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acerace.browseradapter.exe

Ace Race

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application acerace.browseradapter.exe by Ace Race has been detected as adware by 35 anti-malware scanners. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
Ace Race  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1647c3cc4feb962da1991bd3bfcaa6ae

SHA-1:
8fa486bfe2dbeddfa7b1fa39463bd06de525b1ac

SHA-256:
7d4d066fffa726547de1e5ec3308d1137089eae8371d4e268d3f910e6a0be356

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:45:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320
6369393

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Megabrowse
2014.08.20

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.168.26

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-BM [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic_r
2016.0.3240

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1514

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.20

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-23141
0.98/19875

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
19255

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.218
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.P potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Agent
1/4/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-599a5048
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseBurst
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13098

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Program.PUP-FNK
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
16.0.0.12

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.daqbho
0.28.2.61721

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.96544
14.08.19.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
15.01.04.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
WebToolbar.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus)
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AceRace.V
15.1.4.13

Sophos
Generic PUA OO
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10137

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00GQ14
7.2.4

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
32376

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.133
2.0.0.1905

File size:
96.2 KB (98,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ace race\bin\acerace.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ace Race

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ace Race, O=Ace Race, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
47DF877938071D6194F321723076892E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/3/2015 11:46:12 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:lkXfav8tlDQNaNu78h6BD6UhqkmnzBd/qGFj:lkXfa0XDQN578QFGdCGN

Entry address:
0x3665

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 50, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, BF, CC, 63, 41, 00, BE, F4, 11, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, FC, 11, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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