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holdpage.browseradapter.exe

middle pages

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application holdpage.browseradapter.exe by middle pages has been detected as adware by 26 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:
middle pages  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2e100803ebcfa88f0db881823ec809b2

SHA-1:
a5fd0570727c9d1682a341e01e0e3dedbe7d7e3a

SHA-256:
b751b6edaa4c0b49a55e5830382ce59088032cf70c799698aa5b07e23b7f63fd

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 11:44:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
775

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.12.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.197.26

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-BM [PUP]
2014.9-141222

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3253

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
1.0.20.1780

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-23141
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.218
9.0.1.0356

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
8.14.12.22.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10912

F-Prot
W32/A-c74c8eb1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
11.2014-22-12_2

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.188.14395

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
14.0.0.2760

McAfee
PUP-FNK
5600.6909

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.0.0.1068

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgvivv
0.28.6.64267

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Kranet.98544
14.12.19.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.middlepages
15.1.12.11

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.LinkSwift/Variant
10163

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0ELL14
10.465.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
35960

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.14825
2.0.0.2012

File size:
96.2 KB (98,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\bin\holdpage.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
middle pages

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/2/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=middle pages, O=middle pages, 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:
01FD540333A96486522A2EDFD3C2E0B3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/21/2014 2:37:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:VkXfav8tlDQNaNu78h6BD6UhqkmnzBdvqGk:VkXfa0XDQN578QFGdyGk

Entry address:
0x3665

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 50, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, BF, CC, 63, 41, 00, BE, F4, 11, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, FC, 11, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4143

Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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