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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. 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:
Browse Fox  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5306.14289

MD5:
b200f0957298fc112df2fcea4855972a

SHA-1:
ca2c3d27f886f2bc3750aa075b3ba0fbebf4d2e4

SHA-256:
188dbe16b1a2c8f9dd61d11bf74e799e35517d82d01f989aa89e555761632a4f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 4:07:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.BrowseFox (M)
16.1.18.0

File size:
314.3 KB (321,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5306.14289

Original file name:
BrowseFox.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\tmp4e1.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Fox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/29/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/30/2014 4:59:59 PM

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:
7/12/2014 1:56:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:NmM2Bn8S5CBNyV1kJ20FM10thBPNqs7j01EKhpbURXjv:NmM2B/5oyVpm/r41by9v

Entry address:
0x4E596

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.0978

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

Code size:
305.5 KB (312,832 bytes)

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