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BuzzSearch.BrowserFilter.dll

BuzzSearch

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module BuzzSearch.BrowserFilter.dll by BuzzSearch has been detected as adware by 30 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:
BuzzSearch  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5177.26372

MD5:
3a30ea52ec11a6aa83ffadb6f6015a20

SHA-1:
2b27e638153121e730e8f6a9239a6500de1bfffa

SHA-256:
282f10a56eae25883a762a93219cb2603b2b54810a698f5af4f732871c6cf309

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:59:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
428

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen
2015.10.27

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
8.3.2.2

Arcabit
PUP.Adware.BuzzSearch
1.0.0.585

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-EK [PUP]
2014.9-151204

AVG
Skodna.BuzzSearch
2016.0.2906

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
1.0.20.1690

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7383

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
23477

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1981
9.0.1.0338

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
8.15.12.04.12

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.BA potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12467

F-Prot
W32/S-1b293e07
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
11.2015-04-12_6

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
15.12.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.212.17655

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
14.0.0.1025

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BuzzSearch
v2015.12.04.12

McAfee
BrowseFox.a
5600.6562

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
16.0.0.1014

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
0.30.26.3947

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
15.10.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.12.04.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.Buzzsearch1.Gen
12.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.BuzzSearch (M)
15.12.4.0

Sophos
Generic PUA CL (PUA)
4.98

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R047C0PFL15
10.465.04

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
44830

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.17847
2.0.0.2476

File size:
323.8 KB (331,552 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5177.26372

Original file name:
BuzzSearch.BrowserFilter.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\buzzsearch\bin\plugins\buzzsearch.browserfilter.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BuzzSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/6/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BuzzSearch, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BuzzSearch, 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:
04E8478F4E7A77520D661585F56C13E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2014 8:39:16 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:RAuJVp6Cm/W/Vgou9qHWhBo7f1SWztkwMWsvaiLS69gO+AwMZF:RAubDuou9wWOSWztpMOim69gOljZF

Entry address:
0x50CB6

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5861

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

Code size:
315.5 KB (323,072 bytes)

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