boxrockuninstall.exe

Box Rock

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application boxrockuninstall.exe by Box Rock has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Box Rock by Box Rock. 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:
48e33037834427776943e608153d319a

SHA-1:
e50f15c7b0089ea23aa081b8cbe5d63f65af6bae

SHA-256:
c379cc1d830431587aee187f52648c2ad8053b496a8535460907aceaa4c78496

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:35:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.BrowseFox.AT
6496598

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen4
7.11.206.64

avast!
BrowseFox-EZ [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3213

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15131

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.BrowseFox.AT
1.0.20.155

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.BrowseFox.AT
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Dropped:Adware.BrowseFox.AT
5.13.68

G Data
Dropped:Adware.BrowseFox.AT
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14818

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.BrowseFox.AT
16.0.0.93

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.BrowseFox.AT
15.01.30.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.1.31.7

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

File size:
252.5 KB (258,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\box rock\boxrockuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
12/5/2009 10:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:cZ+11hh4Ngy/1RWBT5kyve5ESofwZm/G/Hcmi:9hugs1s15dDp/G/8p

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Box Rock

Display publisher:
Box Rock

Display version:
2015.01.05.102323

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\Box Rock\BoxRockuninstall.exe


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