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BrowseFox.IEUpdate.dll

Browse Fox

This is the Internet Explorer add-on for the Yontoo Browse Fox branded web browser plugin (injects banner, text-link and popup ads). The component is responisble for registering the Browser Helper Object into IE and keeping it registered. The module BrowseFox.IEUpdate.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:
1.0.5151.28480

MD5:
f6db8be89270a1af6378ed6cdcfd284b

SHA-1:
5e8085dfd22bb06d8c5f4592b1481c354159ad8d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser add-on for Internet Explorer.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 8:09:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseFox.R
14.8.7.21

File size:
81.8 KB (83,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5151.28480

Original file name:
BrowseFox.IEUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\plugins\browsefox.ieupdate.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 4:49:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ipVVuTTTuqk8FWwtC/3t2ZvOQN4Ye3d6IsKmtoujfTzbF5X+meRZG0bg8WAM:iBuvyqkote2ZG8KYPKPy5PejGEgt/

Entry address:
0x144FE

Entry point:
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Code size:
73.5 KB (75,264 bytes)

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