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AdvanceEliteBrowserFilter.exe

TasticSurf

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application AdvanceEliteBrowserFilter.exe by TasticSurf has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
TasticSurf  (signed and verified)

Version:
0.0.0.0

MD5:
6f4e778b512a2bf40c0610cb437cb137

SHA-1:
071b06c80cc0a24b7b065f825d9cd2efcf23936b

SHA-256:
8b95a15a56c9e38816ad5d0dd6aabaeda3a4ccfab480f1078e8fb8aa3b0ca0e9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 5:53:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.TasticSu (M)
16.6.26.19

File size:
35.2 KB (36,080 bytes)

Product version:
0.0.0.0

Original file name:
AdvanceEliteBrowserFilter.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\advanceelite\bin\advanceelitebrowserfilter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TasticSurf

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/4/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/4/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TasticSurf, O=TasticSurf, L=San Diego, 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:
6D2C37BF960997763055AC9274C52D6C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2014 12:47:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:nagPYXBM2AwTIFwJ+8H8WKf1eMHQdKiq+d3kY:nneBMpgswJ+8Hva1eMHv+d3X

Entry address:
0x88DA

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
26.5 KB (27,136 bytes)

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