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cantataweb.browseradapter.exe

Cantataweb

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application cantataweb.browseradapter.exe by Cantataweb has been detected as adware by 20 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:
Cantataweb  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c07f0a450d484acaeb0986b63f3f8df

SHA-1:
9d16213a1ff71b4fc6edf7c564649a4b3bd0e804

SHA-256:
62b74799dda23b00cbc9fcb55691364f04826ae30158b15412e17dea8ed22e56

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 5:59:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AG
5637805

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.04.15

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.aoq
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-FR [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3139

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15415

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AG
1.0.20.525

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.BrowseFox.FX
21772

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AG
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AC potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-a777f78c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AG
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AG
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of fasterlight.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2015.7.16.22

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AG
16.0.0.315

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AG
15.04.15.01

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.Cantataweb
15.4.15.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.SwiftBrowse!6.1A2E
23.00.65.15413

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
38882

File size:
104.2 KB (106,736 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\cantataweb\bin\cantataweb.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cantataweb

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cantataweb, O=Cantataweb, 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:
51FE05E2A96412C5062E1F77B3A16598

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/15/2015 2:02:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Z7leqoFduT5pNF8e2nbzuyRGv/x3ukyDxnsB25Yfw+TpF:Zhl9pNFKnbao+tQ02m4+L

Entry address:
0x47B5

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 38, 75, 41, 00, 01, BF, 2C, 75, 41, 00, BE, 2C, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 38, 75, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 34, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 1A, 41, 00, 89, 35, 2C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3939

Code size:
67 KB (68,608 bytes)

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