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fasterlight.dll

Faster Light

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module fasterlight.dll by Faster Light has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Faster Light by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.fasterlight.info.

File name:

fasterlight.dll

Publisher:

Faster Light (signed and verified)

Product:

Faster Light

Version:

1.0.0.5

MD5:

1d9de26becb9c11ef913c5c785be64de

SHA-1:

db0ba1588234655b8b41b6adfe4d1670711d6e0b

SHA-256:

a601bfa2e6f06594676726c8c0ccb26c9541776be87e678f79c462a8fe0d4954

Scanner detections:

12 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:

5/5/2024 6:45:15 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2

7.11.196.218

AVG

BrowseFox.F

2015.0.3255

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.141219

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM

20415

Dr.Web

Trojan.BPlug.167

9.0.1.0353

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox (variant)

8.10904

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.188.14395

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.FasterLight.A

v2014.12.19.09

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfohwl

0.28.6.64267

Reason Heuristics

PUP.FasterLight.L

14.12.19.21

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.BrowseFox/Variant

10167

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.SwiftBrowse

3.12.26.3

File size:

244.7 KB (250,616 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.5

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\fasterlight.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Faster Light

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

11/19/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/20/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Faster Light, O=Faster Light, 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:

697399BCAA43E2F4228493C765EB81CE

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/19/2014 10:30:17 AM

OS version:

6.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:MfCo6iohMu83Z2eJC0StN+A3w4id15+EMxIaIos2lahZEO:MeiohM53NCvcixITKahuO

Entry address:

0x12854

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 90, 30, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 44, 78, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 1C, A5, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.3528

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

159 KB (162,816 bytes)

The file fasterlight.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Faster Light by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

Faster Light is an ad-supported browser extension that may deliver advertisements in the form of coupons, affiliate links, price-comparisons, display media and other links through a number of functions including those based on the the content of any web page the user is visiting, plug-ins, add-ons, or the web browser itself.

fasterlight.info/support

86% remove it

The file fasterlight.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.fasterlight.info/bed?bet=3

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