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BrowseFox.exe

Browse Fox

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file BrowseFox.exe by Browse Fox has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Browse Fox  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5142.18002

MD5:
7f28faf7c609c0cde6e8cd3a3580845b

SHA-1:
7a4ce98b98da1842c376376ac2ca3c4c9721d4e3

SHA-256:
fa27e645d58ffc24e7ed36f248ea64e65ee30dc7d75104b0491cf7dfce0775a4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:42:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.4.19

File size:
99.8 KB (102,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5142.18002

Original file name:
BrowseFox.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\trzb173.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Fox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/30/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/31/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Browse Fox, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Browse Fox, L=Santa Monica, 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:
3DA9F504A9E9628C2224F40C9EA90C86

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2014 11:00:19 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x18B9A

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.1785

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
91 KB (93,184 bytes)

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