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constasurf.browseradapter.exe

ConstaSurf

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application constasurf.browseradapter.exe by ConstaSurf has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
ConstaSurf  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4981886280bf835d4c31896681d0292e

SHA-1:
64d031b2d1a701bdcb10c33f209ac0f6fa4f1640

SHA-256:
9b5a01145cc1f0b146d4d5cc0ca22479dc68deb35d7d65457790c8244b61e52e

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/29/2024 2:00:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.0

File size:
105.7 KB (108,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ConstaSurf

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/15/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/14/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ConstaSurf, O=ConstaSurf, 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:
284E019C78604C0DEBC01C1E082C455D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2016 6:28:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4D75

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, 70, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 43, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 46, 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, 58, 85, 41, 00, 01, BF, 4C, 85, 41, 00, BE, 5C, 32, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 58, 85, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 64, 32, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 7E, 20, 41, 00, 89, 35, 4C...
 
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Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

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