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followrules.browseradapter64.exe

Follow Rules

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application followrules.browseradapter64.exe by Follow Rules has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Follow Rules  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bdba8924d77299f270829dccdcb38839

SHA-1:
37c98e847184f77f73c7612d44a9b8a52578aeaa

SHA-256:
6072ce5a17dc6857d08b8d2ee7a5fc0c722f75775d77f0c4d38ced74794da952

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 7:55:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.7

File size:
123.2 KB (126,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\follow rules\bin\followrules.browseradapter64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Follow Rules

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 5:29:59 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:
12/4/2015 7:00:48 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x572C

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 52, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, E9, EB, 05, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, 29, 59, 01, 00, 75, 11, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 02, F3, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, 2D, 27, 00, 00, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 40, 48, 8B, D9, EB, 0F, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 6D, 28, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 13, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 95, 07, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 74, E7, 48, 83, C4, 40, 5B, C3, 8B, 05...
 
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Entropy:
6.1953

Code size:
79 KB (80,896 bytes)

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