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netcrawl.browseradapter.exe

NetCrawl

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application netcrawl.browseradapter.exe by NetCrawl has been detected as adware by 23 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:
NetCrawl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0816f31a04078a9f3365f86db1ab75a5

SHA-1:
b10d6cbf13aa2752ce916892294f180befe4a171

SHA-256:
e871b81842684c42568168b47926c5beafe97ff471b2ac9fde4a196563752407

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 6:56:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
828

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.10.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.177.234

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-BM [PUP]
2014.9-141030

AVG
NetCrawl
2015.0.3306

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141030

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
1.0.20.1515

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Mplug-45
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JK
19791

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.218
9.0.1.0303

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
8.14.10.30.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10556

F-Prot
W32/A-c74c8eb1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
11.2014-30-10_5

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
14.10.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SwiftBrowse
14.0.0.3023

McAfee
PUP-FNK
5600.6962

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.denqfa
0.28.2.62483

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.98592
14.10.12.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NetCrawl.W
14.10.30.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
33892

File size:
96.3 KB (98,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NetCrawl

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/29/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/30/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=NetCrawl, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=NetCrawl, 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:
3C05F8D25EB72CD5B6EB863AA0585F70

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/14/2014 2:41:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:/UXfaW1QlcE29iu7fqn6BTKUhqkUnzB/F5CWGWS:/UXfaAycE2T7fq6FU/FEWGP

Entry address:
0x3665

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, 50, 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, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, BF, CC, 63, 41, 00, BE, F4, 11, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, FC, 11, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4087

Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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