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BrowseFox.GCUpdate.dll

Browse Fox

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo Browse Fox branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module BrowseFox.GCUpdate.dll 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:
1.0.5151.28475

MD5:
aa251e2c0277d9daafe695282a31512e

SHA-1:
c515f6f224d600b9ed292782dfd61acece03a66c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:03:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseFox.R
14.8.7.21

File size:
441.3 KB (451,872 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5151.28475

Original file name:
BrowseFox.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\plugins\browsefox.gcupdate.dll

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:
2/7/2014 4:49:20 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/tU74Omd5DfGrf4juN/pZUom2yDxTCnXL:/tU+dhfGMjg/DUbxTOb

Entry address:
0x6E216

Entry point:
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Code size:
433 KB (443,392 bytes)

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