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appbud.purbrowse.exe

App Bud

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application appbud.purbrowse.exe by App Bud has been detected as adware by 22 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:
App Bud  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2d9e7f809c9e5d654f98d5ef094d71d4

SHA-1:
ef371181eff7885a022396b5d72ae78f4a926daf

SHA-256:
1bed8b45d3e1cd8e46e92731dd498bdc55cc42281aa4ad501a961ab5b98e17e6

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/21/2024 2:58:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
878

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.07.04

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3399

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1499

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
1.0.20.1260

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-55
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.100
9.0.1.0210

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
8.14.09.09.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10043

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of webget.purbrowse.exe (Adware)
2014.9.9.21

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3490

McAfee
Artemis!2D9E7F809C9E
5600.7055

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
15.0.0.756

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Chgt.A
14.07.29.12

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppBud.P
14.7.29.0

Sophos
Generic PUA OP
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
30944

File size:
233.8 KB (239,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\app bud\bin\appbud.purbrowse.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App Bud

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/9/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 8:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=App Bud, O=App Bud, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
07591B091A65F99B8121AB657546815A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/4/2014 3:12:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:78ie1Fq4GQBTK56ExfoJBUutvMTBMy/+mW:78iEFqyNK56ExfoKutvMT6oW

Entry address:
0x1C77E

Entry point:
E8, 46, 69, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, A3, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 10, A1, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05...
 
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Entropy:
6.5717

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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