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boxrock.boashelper.exe

Box Rock

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application boxrock.boashelper.exe by Box Rock 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:
Box Rock  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7b43b9ef42e169c7fa3a0a8b2b77d16e

SHA-1:
7e1758300ae136f5dabf2b73cac08d7ce7b0d2d4

SHA-256:
a8e086bc7d9a4b9d055fc0d40203d21132d7e97c051573559896207b0703d9c8

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:59:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
523

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.11.05

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.193.70

AVG
Hypeet
2016.0.3001

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15830

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
1.0.20.1210

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Graftor-496
0.98/19588

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ISPI
20295

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
8.15.10.27.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
9.10838

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
8/30/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
11.2015-30-08_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
15.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of hypenet.boashelper.exe (Adware)
2015.10.27.0

McAfee
Artemis!7B43B9EF42E1
5600.6657

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
16.0.0.726

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.BoxRock (M)
15.8.30.20

Sophos
Generic PUA HO
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.19938
2.0.0.1975

File size:
1.6 MB (1,649,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\box rock\bin\boxrock.boashelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Box Rock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
10/3/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Box Rock, O=Box Rock, 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:
1125198B1C5DF8CC1185255178F1DAFC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/3/2014 6:04:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:p1w6KkS5QG2RJXmtWQkKiQKYIWncumV6uLeI+sXKhpnfaiaq8X:5Sx2RMtWQ5iQKYIWncRVjlXSpnfaiG

Entry address:
0xF6B5B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 84, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 94, E1, 56, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F8, 77, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 42, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 81, 28, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 94, E1, 56, 00, FF, 15, 2C, F2, 51, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, E0, E9, 56, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 0F, 85, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 47, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 89...
 
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Entropy:
6.4160

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,171,456 bytes)

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