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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 30 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:
e18a1ee65b89b22675d5dd2383eaa45b

SHA-1:
3ae0ee6c1fc41768e90d02a1e9348d3c1dfebf69

SHA-256:
ed1ea8ded1a2367f3a5981d92bf309a5602bc8208c071540d370a8b707526c8b

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:52:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
734

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Kranet
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.01.28

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.205.142

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-EC [PUP]
2014.9-150201

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3212

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
1.0.20.160

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-171
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ZPGI
20870

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.885
9.0.1.032

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
8.15.02.01.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
9.11083

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
2/1/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-72d885b5
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
11.2015-01-02_1

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.192.14775

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
14.0.0.2554

McAfee
Artemis!E18A1EE65B89
5600.6868

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
16.0.0.96

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgxoam
0.30.0.65070

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.01.27.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.02.01.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.2.1.5

Sophos
Generic PUA DK
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
37026

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.2278
2.0.0.2047

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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 12:59:59 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:
1/21/2015 10:26:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:rObSxo5BBDnFYTU5YouaKjwWGwtvYTB+LeGWt:y+xo5BBDCTU5YouaKjwWGwtvYTQHK

Entry address:
0x2142E

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:
6.6074

Code size:
210.5 KB (215,552 bytes)

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