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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 27 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:
ad3af44c97a4950a02329426f1d260bc

SHA-1:
a40a0b609c6f9c65fc8077ebb82dc848b2713b69

SHA-256:
1b61a4f35f9e0ef32d4c460d7a62e3c41e5cf3176b3357480ec2707db24a437f

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:50:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
6498366

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.02.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.206.64

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-EZ [PUP]
150129-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3213

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15131

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
1.0.20.155

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Graftor-496
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ISPI
20910

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.845
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.R potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-e4f61db3
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14818

McAfee
Artemis!AD3AF44C97A4
5600.6869

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
16.0.0.93

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dlfubx
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
15.01.30.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.1.31.7

Sophos
Generic PUA KE
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.19938
2.0.0.2049

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 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/2/2015 11:59:59 PM

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:
1/30/2015 8:05:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:n1w6KkS5QG2RJXmtWQkKiQKYIWncumV6uLeI+sXKhpnfaiaq8r:PSx2RMtWQ5iQKYIWncRVjlXSpnfai+

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

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