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holdpage.browseradapter64.exe

middle pages

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application holdpage.browseradapter64.exe by middle pages has been detected as adware by 28 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:
87038a973ef30394d0e8173a8f168c0b

SHA-1:
75944f05cedf969dd9c2b2200b249b9d0240044d

SHA-256:
2cd58cdba05bb31c407899cba0f900581285f6b8023b4bb0462ea9f0844ff532

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 10:14:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
6196279

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.BPlug
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.09.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.196.198

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-F [PUP]
2014.9-141219

AVG
NetCrawl
2015.0.3256

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141219

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
1.0.20.1765

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-640
0.98/19805

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.218
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W64/S-00c43382
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.188.14380

McAfee
Program.PUP-FPS
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
15.0.0.1059

Norman
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
04.12.2014 14:30:06

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
14.09.22.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.12.19.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.middlepages
15.1.12.11

Rising Antivirus
NORMAL:AdWare.Win32.PodoWeb.a!1614029
23.00.65.141217

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Jorik/Variant
10169

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Win32.547
2.0.0.2008

File size:
112.2 KB (114,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\bin\holdpage.browseradapter64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
middle pages

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 2:59:59 AM

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:
12/19/2014 4:15:55 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ZAa39WCT3/Z8iZrUxg/goA7yX7f4aHIw2:aatNTqiZra4goAuzo

Entry address:
0x3D1C

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, 39, 53, 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:
6.2127

Code size:
70.5 KB (72,192 bytes)

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