home

mossnet.boashelper.exe

Moss Net

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application mossnet.boashelper.exe by Moss Net has been detected as adware by 21 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:
Moss Net  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9c75748449b70e125394560091cd1f0d

SHA-1:
b7225ac9d00806e6e0f94e40f9050054fd53ea74

SHA-256:
584e82a75ad03189c4cbb4e38d621d8ad63fc2362f8a40f67a964ac78885e195

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:29:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
827

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.10.30

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Graftor.159134.7
7.11.182.50

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141030

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
1.0.20.1515

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
8.14.10.30.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10640

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
10/30/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-4710bcf4
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
11.2014-30-10_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
14.10.24

McAfee
Artemis!9C75748449B7
5600.6961

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
15.0.0.909

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dguede
0.28.6.62995

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.c7c
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MossNet.R
14.10.27.22

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.19937
2.0.0.1972

File size:
1.6 MB (1,649,944 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\mossnet\bin\mossnet.boashelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Moss Net

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/21/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Moss Net, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Moss 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:
4879C8045F587B91FC188D2BC822C526

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/27/2014 9:06:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:gFwpIFimT7as5nSWYwIiCFKIELnmW/lflWuJO6XDxpnfavon8s:8iKasAWYwFCFKIELnmEltBXFpnfaeh

Entry address:
0xF6B5B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 84, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 94, E1, 56, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F8, 77, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 42, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 81, 28, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 94, E1, 56, 00, FF, 15, 2C, F2, 51, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, E0, E9, 56, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 0F, 85, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 47, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 89...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.4158

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,171,456 bytes)

Remove mossnet.boashelper.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.