BrowseFoxBrowserFilter.exe

Browse Fox

Installed as part of the Yontoo Browse Fox branded web browser extension, the BrowserFilter component is responsible for injecting advertising in the browser based on the context of the HTML being rendered. Ads are injected in the browser in the form of inline text, coupons, multi-site searching and additional offers. The application BrowseFoxBrowserFilter.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)

Version:
0.0.0.0

MD5:
1a3e5f1d8c36f05d5f45eead02be5c84

SHA-1:
ee39419096d07a48efaf0b433377f44f700eec55

SHA-256:
209cf5148c445b2589a3fc91b862e14873d3088ceb7673573532428219b91258

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo ad injection web browser add-on.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:58:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseFox (M)
16.2.1.15

File size:
41.3 KB (42,272 bytes)

Product version:
0.0.0.0

Original file name:
BrowseFoxBrowserFilter.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/30/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/31/2014 5:29:59 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:
3/4/2014 1:08:23 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:TcxbCXFl1jIWcuNQkFzW8ueJGVYN/QNvSsGJ:QxuXPyWdi4zuewI/QNvQJ

Entry address:
0xA036

Entry point:
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[+]

Entropy:
6.0378

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

Code size:
32.5 KB (33,280 bytes)

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