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melondrea.browseradapter.exe

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Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application melondrea.browseradapter.exe by melondrea has been detected as adware by 33 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:
melondrea  (signed and verified)

MD5:
17972fb17bb3f88a33fa11841b5dbc3f

SHA-1:
7382cddece67b6c40c295c131f7159f67bf06188

SHA-256:
e42f374baedda82a2b2df66c26791d22327519d279aa7812b3de20dec39931c4

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 4:54:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
691

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Megabrowse
2015.03.10

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.215.110

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-BE [PUP]
2014.9-150315

AVG
Generic_r
2016.0.3169

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15315

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.370

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-37438
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JJ
21351

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.46
9.0.1.074

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
8.15.03.15.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.I potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11293

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
3/15/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-b9f4ee05
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
11.2015-15-03_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of towertilt.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2015.6.21.13

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15209

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2342

McAfee
PUP-FOP
5600.6825

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
16.0.0.222

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.czuunj
0.30.0.296

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.96544
15.03.09.01

Quick Heal
Adware.BrowseFox.B5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.3.15.13

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
9996

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EAL15
7.2.74

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EAL15
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
38268

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.LinkSwift.Win32.38
2.0.0.2092

File size:
94.3 KB (96,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\melondrea\bin\melondrea.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
melondrea

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=melondrea, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=melondrea, 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:
1E3D0BA5A8E3C43BCD552347B3BB8B2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/24/2014 1:58:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Q2MCnK7yNee8DtbDB2zndKfAIklDnkBdX+TD89:QUK7yUeql2BhdqdX+TDi

Entry address:
0x30E5

Entry point:
E8, 85, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 70, 40, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 07, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3E, 22, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, C5, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, BF, 6C, 53, 41, 00, BE, 10, 02, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 02, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, FC, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

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