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gatesnapper.purbrowse64.exe

gate snapper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application gatesnapper.purbrowse64.exe by gate snapper has been detected as adware by 27 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:
gate snapper  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a63e8777681b7cdb0e0df7f6b84eb580

SHA-1:
b90a6fa31fb4495b761fb19987cd61278daa0916

SHA-256:
646062be7d60e333766fa9286d8104b02cf6d91b56b7410193dd9e0716d460f0

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:13:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
741

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win64.BrowseFox
2014.10.30

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
NetCrawl
2016.0.3219

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15125

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
1.0.20.125

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-590
0.98/19582

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.494
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
8.15.01.25.03

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.CL potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SwiftBrowse
1/25/2015

F-Prot
W64/S-d90dcc08
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
11.2015-25-01_1

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SwiftBrowse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SwiftBrowse
14.0.0.2589

McAfee
Artemis!926BD2C64B87
5600.6875

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
16.0.0.75

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
14.10.29.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.1.25.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.178D104D!395120717
23.00.65.15123

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10095

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5061968
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Win32.1192
2.0.0.2024

File size:
344.7 KB (353,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\gate snapper\bin\gatesnapper.purbrowse64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gate snapper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=gate snapper, O=gate snapper, 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:
133A7A0373BA5F8F11B450D044B92146

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2015 1:36:27 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mBVfaadvAFDY5w6yMjfo+IzSnMe4NzT4GrkhDXzlw7Y3TBDdPYfe:staadv98MjUS2gK7Y3Tpv

Entry address:
0x25780

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, B5, AE, 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, C7, AF, 02, 00, EB, 04, 48, 83, C0, 10, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 48, 83, EC, 28...
 
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Code size:
232.5 KB (238,080 bytes)

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