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browsefox.purbrowse64.exe

Browse Fox

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application browsefox.purbrowse64.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)

MD5:
b33de2459dcb11166c1bec72d6670a4f

SHA-1:
04741d87123c5db83945d464df6d578fe0f176f0

SHA-256:
6c659b69db83ab1e0f32a39299fb64a581e2140f1bd9f06c0315a6ac5f9de31c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:35:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseFox (M)
16.2.3.9

File size:
280.3 KB (287,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\browsefox.purbrowse64.exe

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:
4/7/2014 9:22:58 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SICH0pAvY1Q5vQhQc4BHi4zQqATmr7D647YGTB95k2asmNoNq:/CH0pQhQm7EWJ7YGTPW3sc

Entry address:
0x20140

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 53, 77, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 10, 48, 89, 7C, 24, 18, 55, 48, 8B, EC, 48, 83, EC, 60, 48, 8B, FA, 48, 8B, D9, 48, 8D, 4D, C0, 48, 8D, 15, 49, 05, 01, 00, 41, B8, 40, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8E, E4, FF, FF, 48, 8D, 55, 10, 48, 8B, CF, 48, 89, 5D, E8, 48, 89, 7D, F0, E8, 0E, 99, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, D8, 48, 89, 45, 10, 48, 89, 45, F8, 48, 85, FF, 74, 1B, F6, 07, 08, B9, 00, 40, 99, 01, 74, 05, 89, 4D, E0, EB, 0C, 8B, 45, E0, 4D, 85, DB, 0F, 44, C1, 89, 45...
 
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Entropy:
6.3008

Code size:
185 KB (189,440 bytes)

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