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fasterlight.browseradapter.exe

Follow Rules

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application fasterlight.browseradapter.exe by Follow Rules has been detected as adware by 31 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:
Follow Rules  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b4e04028b8db99d7e9a46f8ed4ed31c0

SHA-1:
5bce499ed90e915c15bde4549e4a3677f6cba31c

SHA-256:
248ebd6f1a986a0601b4a0bbe2bb072d32a086c925b9019c40ab72353dc5da7e

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 8:23:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
6339179

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Generic
2015.05.07

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

avast!
MSIL:BrowseFox-S [PUP]
150319-0

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.CUJ
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15327

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
1.0.20.430

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

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

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.BrowseFox.FX
21554

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AC potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11585

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
7/2/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-a777f78c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of maucampo.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2015.7.2.1

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15399

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FVR
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
16.0.0.258

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dnpvbt
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
15.03.27.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/SwiftBrowse
15.07.02.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.3.27.6

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.b!1075357479
23.00.65.15325

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38552

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Katusha.Win32.36918
2.0.0.2118

File size:
103.2 KB (105,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\faster light\bin\fasterlight.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Follow Rules

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=Follow Rules, O=Follow Rules, 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:
360C16AC576B09F5DFA927EA0089856F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/27/2015 8:29:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:7sTpawrfL7e9Fe7NgPZIeK+HkLn8B6kXaGSRq:7sgiTi9FsN+PFLKGaq

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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