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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 10 anti-malware scanners. 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:
1.0.5372.32341

MD5:
79e6f8c01f9ed02c2809c25420ca5741

SHA-1:
c2abea1851aa2d492956b0cd5e55044771115b98

SHA-256:
e0603f47fc456f451690c9428ac6cac0a29483adf45c4de3afc45ead3554bd6e

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 11:20:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/BrowseFox.A.752
7.11.173.4

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14917

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
14.0.0.3235

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Sanbreel.A
v2014.09.17.11

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Chgt.G
14.09.17.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM23.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseFox.R
14.9.17.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
33120

File size:
533.2 KB (546,032 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5372.32341

Original file name:
BrowseFox.IEUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Fox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/5/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Browse Fox, 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:
01384FB7929C948C4A9ACD0BC2F3E8C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/16/2014 9:58:09 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:POqW2g0U4LCcdL+rNVt5bQ+f4mwHGBojA/wV:PngpWZCpQ+f4mwm1A

Entry address:
0x85256

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:
7.8685

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

Code size:
525 KB (537,600 bytes)

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