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followrules.purbrowse.exe

Follow Rules

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application followrules.purbrowse.exe by Follow Rules has been detected as adware by 25 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:
16c79b97f0e4387e82de605798495786

SHA-1:
090524a0bb95354ba357b011bebe475151a7cbb8

SHA-256:
00dc708527a6aa52d1e6e1ab8ee80e357dcbef30b7fc08e672466a03f9297aaa

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/15/2024 1:39:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
6399605

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.BPlug
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.211.72

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3194

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15219

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
1.0.20.250

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-1101
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ZPGI
21132

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.929
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-4dc21c6d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.196.15011

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FVX
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
16.0.0.150

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dnpvno
0.30.0.126

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.02.19.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.2.19.1

Sophos
Generic PUA AJ
4.98

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.64142
2.0.0.2073

File size:
289.7 KB (296,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\follow rules\bin\followrules.purbrowse.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:
2/18/2015 6:29:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:YbkyGUHUG1OjdpUalGhZB2OtvYTBQNs/KSO:UkyGUHUfjdpUalGhZB2OtvYTujSO

Entry address:
0x2150E

Entry point:
E8, 45, 84, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 88, 34, 44, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 8C, 34, 44, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, F4, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F0, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, E1, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F4, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Code size:
211 KB (216,064 bytes)

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