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greygray.browseradapter.exe

GreyGray

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application greygray.browseradapter.exe by GreyGray has been detected as adware by 18 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:
GreyGray  (signed and verified)

MD5:
48cb302ae16458cfb5a974057dd9249b

SHA-1:
2aa6ab15177fe5c27523b6d94804a6a075a04501

SHA-256:
fcab79a227dc0f5014d1a32821a88ef2bb405a9596dd509be29632384bd5fdd5

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 1:58:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
947

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.158.80

AVG
Adware Generic_r.KF
2014.0.3986

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1473

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.920

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-7002
0.98/19073

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.46
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
8.14.07.03.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.I potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
11.2014-03-07_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
15.0.0.552

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GreyGray.W
14.8.7.20

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10506

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
29708

File size:
94.3 KB (96,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\greygray\bin\greygray.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GreyGray

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/19/2013 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
9/20/2015 4:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=GreyGray, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=GreyGray, 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:
23FF62A16C638B371A4AB98A8F876E8B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2014 6:11:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:C2MCXa+SIe+8DtLTB2z3NKfAIklDnkB5XOTD8WM:CUq+SD+a12hhdq5XOTDRM

Entry address:
0x30E5

Entry point:
E8, 85, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 70, 40, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 07, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3E, 22, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, C5, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, BF, 6C, 53, 41, 00, BE, 10, 02, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 02, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, FC, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3770

Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

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