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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 17 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:
b9e5abc13b9622e296240b2a99c54051

SHA-1:
fb6db570f4ac1c074e2784ef12e2db715f28cb4f

SHA-256:
0186d81b77e80801c50003e2c9e379af7677f2f8812b5fa58889ce555233080c

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:48:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.12.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.197.30

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-EZ [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-717
0.98/19819

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ZPGI
20438

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.303
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.188.14395

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

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!B9E5ABC13B96
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgxoam
0.28.6.64267

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BoxRock.Q
14.12.22.4

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.LinkSwift
3.12.26.3

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.52828
2.0.0.2012

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:
12/21/2014 7:40:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:bk0tnURexVtDLJJtYd1RSWRotvcTB5E+Gt:Y0tnUReNDLJJtYd1RSWRotvcTrYt

Entry address:
0x213AE

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:
6.6050

Code size:
210.5 KB (215,552 bytes)

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