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boxrock.purbrowse.exe

Box Rock

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application boxrock.purbrowse.exe by Box Rock has been detected as adware by 26 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:
29c025b967a7ae3f716982ff9a2a55b3

SHA-1:
cd09fc3f0c4e19bb797246db1686f00d4c82bf1a

SHA-256:
3497f9e3295aee97ca42e1634b3cc0b6666ec8ca929b62bfbd3ff5c8477b8e3c

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 6:49:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
6475091

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Kranet
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.01.29

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.205.178

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

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3215

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15128

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
1.0.20.140

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-171
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ZPGI
20877

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.885
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-669195eb
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
13.193.14786

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

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!29C025B967A7
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
16.0.0.84

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgxoam
0.30.0.65070

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
15.01.28.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.1.28.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.2278
2.0.0.2048

File size:
289.2 KB (296,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Box Rock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 12:59:59 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:
1/28/2015 6:12:23 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9ObSxo5BBDnFYTU5YouaKjwWGwtvYTB+L0GWM:4+xo5BBDCTU5YouaKjwWGwtvYTQ5r

Entry address:
0x2142E

Entry point:
E8, 55, 84, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 88, 34, 44, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 8C, 34, 44, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, 04, 52, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F0, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, F1, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F4, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.6070

Code size:
210.5 KB (215,552 bytes)

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