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nanosurfer.browseradapter.exe

Nano Surfer

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application nanosurfer.browseradapter.exe by Nano Surfer has been detected as adware by 27 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:
Nano Surfer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cd5b9eff0d3a77728047d109c1070011

SHA-1:
b80530c9e52958880d514b995bc28dce1a97a3e5

SHA-256:
21e8a83b03ccbaf2a6c1ec0574892605951bb9835ab66ab16cce06629b0432e4

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:02:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.8
678

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Generic
2015.03.29

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.CUJ
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15328

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.8
1.0.20.435

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-37332
0.98/20257

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.BrowseFox.FX
21575

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.934
9.0.1.087

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
8.15.03.28.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AC potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-a777f78c
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.8
11.2015-28-03_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of cytiweb.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.9

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.194.14971

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FVR
5600.6812

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.8
16.0.0.261

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dnpvbt
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.105720
15.03.27.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.3.28.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.SwiftBrowse!6.1A2E
23.00.65.15326

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
38552

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Katusha.Win32.36918
2.0.0.2068

File size:
103.2 KB (105,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\nano surfer\bin\nanosurfer.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nano Surfer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Nano Surfer, O=Nano Surfer, L=Santa Monica, 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:
4C3408B948BFE38825B699D7ED92B282

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/28/2015 3:19:57 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:7sTpawrfL7e9Fe7NgPZIeK+HkLn8B6kPaGSr:7sgiTi9FsN+PFLiG

Entry address:
0x4535

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, BF, EC, 74, 41, 00, BE, 24, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 2C, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 0E, 17, 41, 00, 89, 35, EC...
 
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Entropy:
6.3893

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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