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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, “BrowseFox.GCUpdate” 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:
BrowseFox  (signed by Browse Fox)

Description:
BrowseFox.GCUpdate

Version:
1.0.5042.19544

MD5:
de3264d43b7cea03a183e256e29a88ee

SHA-1:
cd141c9e93239295d2f97a79b7022be10a3ef0af

SHA-256:
b0e07553fefd5a595a2dbbc402a4deca78d71dded5f25e6536b3a02298e33940

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:58:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseFox (M)
16.2.10.17

File size:
431.3 KB (441,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5042.19544

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:
7/29/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/30/2014 6:59:59 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:
10/21/2013 6:51:38 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:771TFF9cqrP6SVDNtmJVLwcLknd+JZqQyyWGhelHMhiBSAMDLSFHIIIGia6Pyu:X1TxxPnVDN9PkgyWGXQiDLSFHIIIGiDX

Entry address:
0x6BB2A

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7184

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

Code size:
423 KB (433,152 bytes)

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