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buzzsearch.browserfilter.helper.dll

BuzzSearch

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module buzzsearch.browserfilter.helper.dll by BuzzSearch has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
BuzzSearch  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e6b9951689078eacdfb2c340a589cc9f

SHA-1:
cb61ff81f50aeae8eada1c2d9fde581466098d26

SHA-256:
b74154317b681b2020d78e2c18dcea4e1f32589b14dbc797f46bdfb6147e12b5

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
5/30/2024 3:30:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.Skodna.BuzzSearch
2015.0.3562

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.LinkSwift.ctlglk
0.28.0.57630

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BuzzSearch.DD
14.8.7.21

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.LinkSwift
3.12.24.3

File size:
388.8 KB (398,112 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BuzzSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/7/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/8/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:
2/11/2014 11:01:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:wRLdBzWsg2wx/LuLK0qc2t1SsRb28G+fjxpzwZ/Nep54m2dGR98O4Asi7T25lA:kLdHsLejCJ128GexpM1e4gyOcCT2U

Entry address:
0x1A2DA

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F5, 61, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 40, D4, 05, 10, 89, 0D, 3C, D4, 05, 10, 89, 15, 38, D4, 05, 10, 89, 1D, 34, D4, 05, 10, 89, 35, 30, D4, 05, 10, 89, 3D, 2C, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 15, 58, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 0D, 4C, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 1D, 28, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 05, 24, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 25, 20, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 2D, 1C, D4, 05, 10, 9C, 8F, 05, 50, D4...
 
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Code size:
174 KB (178,176 bytes)

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