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focusbase.purbrowse64.exe

focusbase

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application focusbase.purbrowse64.exe by focusbase has been detected as adware by 24 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:
focusbase  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cd93045d7bbed7faa30ec2f494e70b68

SHA-1:
970731bf37d8f81304e263315101e96e48a26a7d

SHA-256:
bd647617f63677651b2d2308ecf09a1638c8d558387602a634089235b2903200

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:20:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO
701

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.209.128

avast!
Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP]
2014.9-150305

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3179

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15612

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO
1.0.20.320

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-1100
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1022
9.0.1.064

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO
8.15.03.05.07

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W64/S-55f81de7
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO
11.2015-05-03_5

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of acerace.purbrowse64.exe (Adware)
2015.6.12.13

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.6.0

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FUU
5600.6835

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO
16.0.0.192

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CO
15.03.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/BrowserFox
15.03.05.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.3.5.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
38142

File size:
345.3 KB (353,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\focusbase\bin\focusbase.purbrowse64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
focusbase

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/22/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/23/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=focusbase, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=focusbase, 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:
229BE95AFAF17766126629CC0A897C5F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2015 3:13:29 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:sf7PDQ5LmCmlY5r4m8FYREIIYnTqGn6QTahLoRzUXcn97Y+TBZUUQTR:szPDQ5qarx8FTYmGhl7Y+TbUl

Entry address:
0x25840

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 77, 94, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 4C, 8D, 0D, F5, AD, 02, 00, 33, C0, 49, 8B, D1, 44, 8D, 40, 08, 3B, 0A, 74, 2B, FF, C0, 49, 03, D0, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F2, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 06, B8, 0D, 00, 00, 00, C3, 81, C1, 44, FF, FF, FF, B8, 16, 00, 00, 00, 83, F9, 0E, 41, 0F, 46, C0, C3, 48, 98, 41, 8B, 44, C1, 04, C3, CC, 48, 83, EC, 28, E8, DB, 5E, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 75, 09, 48, 8D, 05, 07, AF, 02, 00, EB, 04, 48, 83, C0, 10, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 48, 83, EC, 28...
 
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Code size:
233 KB (238,592 bytes)

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