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holdpage.browseradapter64.exe

Forever Net

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application holdpage.browseradapter64.exe by Forever Net has been detected as adware by 16 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:
Forever Net  (signed and verified)

MD5:
38e15620c44d16994af36617113f3f59

SHA-1:
c2584de29d5b24f688da7e7ed4ccdbda61abecf0

SHA-256:
a417ca1b181de1d46059c544f404263bb20fb6d7426b265f258f3712f814a6e6

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 4:58:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.NetTool
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.211.202

AVG
Adware Generic_r
2016.0.3152

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1541

Bkav FE
W64.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-378
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1022
9.0.1.091

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.CO potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W64/S-ae7ba29a
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of fasterlight.browseradapter64.exe (Adware)
2015.7.6.10

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FUU
5600.6808

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.ForeverNet
15.4.1.14

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5061968
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.3295
2.0.0.2123

File size:
120.2 KB (123,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Forever Net

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/5/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/6/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Forever Net, O=Forever Net, 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:
7B5ED55ED16E6F18734703E8E9B4C456

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2015 4:32:39 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:LJ2pacT8fCjog539fz97JbH3dPaJ3aHhcwOfc:LJoTklg53157JD+GhcwOfc

Entry address:
0x4CBC

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, 99, 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:
6.1735

Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

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