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holdpage.purbrowse.exe

middle pages

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application holdpage.purbrowse.exe by middle pages has been detected as adware by 31 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:
a014ff6176687342aefdc7b516090329

SHA-1:
22e11ef2606a1ed01fb2fd02028c506e5a46ffbc

SHA-256:
ae16f158f0fb13b77c9ce2c7ab0f18a5cd7513168ea027166d36cac9cccf580b

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 12:58:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
6196279

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.10.20

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-EC [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3256

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141219

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
1.0.20.1765

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-23857
0.98/19586

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ZPGI
19972

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.303
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
12/19/2014

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.13888

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
15.0.0.543

McAfee
BrowseFox
5600.6912

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
15.0.0.1059

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dfqewc
0.28.2.62671

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

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
14.10.17.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.639
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.middlepages
15.1.12.11

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.BrowseFox/Variant
10169

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.12828
2.0.0.1959

File size:
289.2 KB (296,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\bin\holdpage.purbrowse.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 7:29:10 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pk0tnURexVtDLJJtYd1RSWRotvcTB5E4Gio:a0tnUReNDLJJtYd1RSWRotvcTr6io

Entry address:
0x213AE

Entry point:
E8, 55, 84, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 88, 34, 44, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 8C, 34, 44, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, 04, 52, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F0, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, F1, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F4, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.6054

Code size:
210.5 KB (215,552 bytes)

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