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fasterlight.browseradapter.exe

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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 21 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:
7bbd2c0fbea60cff6840b57f1148a0f3

SHA-1:
9c012f98110fea51553701765b18c434fe1f5fcc

SHA-256:
8137ec935651fb25f3d08a6558c734cee3baa1f79808716c52fec6b9bc412615

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 6:06:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
5636805

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.04.16

avast!
MSIL:BrowseFox-S [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3138

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15415

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
1.0.20.525

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.BrowseFox.FX
21779

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 application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-a777f78c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
11.2015-15-04_4

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of cantataweb.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2015.7.17.12

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15609

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
16.0.0.315

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
15.04.15.01

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.FollowRules
15.4.15.17

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\faster light\bin\fasterlight.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Follow Rules

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2016 4:59:59 PM

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:
4/15/2015 1:52:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:37leqoFduT5pNF8e2nbzuyRGv/x3ukyDxnsB25Ykw+TlM:3hl9pNFKnbao+tQ02mt+i

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:
6.3941

Code size:
67 KB (68,608 bytes)

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