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clockhand.browseradapter.exe

Clock Hand

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application clockhand.browseradapter.exe by Clock Hand has been detected as adware by 23 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:
Clock Hand  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6b2a9ff4a197d6dae237050ea77569f2

SHA-1:
24d8bafab1eb60cd2966a920712b5fc943e55427

SHA-256:
f821acc8bea83c72ef932f13485f043960443f51bfb6f22d78c2e9faa2e49b55

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:49:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.8
701

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Generic
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.214.2

AVG
AdPlugin
2016.0.3179

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1535

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.8
1.0.20.320

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-37332
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.PK
21306

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
8.15.03.05.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AC potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11276

F-Prot
W32/S-a777f78c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
11.2015-05-03_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of tealkitty.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2015.6.12.13

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15176

McAfee
BrowseFox-FVR
5600.6835

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.8
16.0.0.192

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dnpvbt
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.3.5.19

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.BrowseFox
38154

File size:
103.2 KB (105,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\clock hand\bin\clockhand.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Clock Hand

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Clock Hand, O=Clock Hand, 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:
456A42223C623741F26F18A9D4223E47

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2015 10:06:33 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:PsTpawrfL7e9Fe7NgPZIeK+HkLn8B6k9aGSwfRg:PsgiTi9FsN+PFLsGXfRg

Entry address:
0x4535

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, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, BF, EC, 74, 41, 00, BE, 24, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 2C, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 0E, 17, 41, 00, 89, 35, EC...
 
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Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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