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BrowseStudio

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application browsestudio.purbrowse64.exe by BrowseStudio has been detected as adware by 24 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:
BrowseStudio  (signed and verified)

MD5:
56b7c2bee87eb3968576e14c698e7deb

SHA-1:
48dd591446d7bf34ccdb9b4dabb73dcbfd6ae223

SHA-256:
860b90810a5885b0f60cac5f6e4be04310f7bc37b4d056f1f71e5bfa82dad609

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 11:41:40 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
805

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win64.BrowseFox
2014.10.30

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
NetCrawl
2015.0.3283

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141121

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
1.0.20.1625

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-590
0.98/19582

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.100
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
8.14.11.21.09

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SwiftBrowse
11/21/2014

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
11.2014-21-11_6

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SwiftBrowse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SwiftBrowse
14.0.0.2911

McAfee
Artemis!926BD2C64B87
5600.6939

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
15.0.0.975

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
14.10.29.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrowseStudio.X
14.11.21.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.178D104D!395120717
23.00.65.141119

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10223

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5061968
34232

File size:
344.7 KB (353,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BrowseStudio

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/1/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/2/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BrowseStudio, O=BrowseStudio, L=San Diego, 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:
11AE532A33120159E1078A0D3EDE88C9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/21/2014 6:30:00 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:RShaqDLO9oz/8HY53/XEyP8RIKJKXtApA6Tfeibtze7Dmh7YZTBwXSIjRGu:Q4q3O98T3PEyEJ0tUB9b7YZT2XxV

Entry address:
0x256C0

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 77, 94, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 4C, 8D, 0D, 75, AF, 02, 00, 33, C0, 49, 8B, D1, 44, 8D, 40, 08, 3B, 0A, 74, 2B, FF, C0, 49, 03, D0, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F2, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 06, B8, 0D, 00, 00, 00, C3, 81, C1, 44, FF, FF, FF, B8, 16, 00, 00, 00, 83, F9, 0E, 41, 0F, 46, C0, C3, 48, 98, 41, 8B, 44, C1, 04, C3, CC, 48, 83, EC, 28, E8, DB, 5E, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 75, 09, 48, 8D, 05, 87, B0, 02, 00, EB, 04, 48, 83, C0, 10, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 48, 83, EC, 28...
 
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Entropy:
6.2938

Code size:
232.5 KB (238,080 bytes)

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