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netcrawl.purbrowse.exe

NetCrawl

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application netcrawl.purbrowse.exe by NetCrawl has been detected as adware by 24 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:
a1fdcf27a146f2fdd72f257d164b3fd6

SHA-1:
b0e1a41b4cc6d3bf359570e00158e27802b4e945

SHA-256:
105a127010ff341e59ee78fe930a4ed2ea7b15e6b0daec403a18f13e67b5f22a

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:07:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
926

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.07.24

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3404

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14723

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
1.0.20.1020

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-55
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.100
9.0.1.0204

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
8.14.07.23.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10144

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Agent
7/23/2014

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
11.2014-23-07_4

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3516

McAfee
Artemis!A1FDCF27A146
5600.7060

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
15.0.0.612

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.07.23.08

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NetCrawl.R
14.7.23.20

Sophos
Generic PUA LA
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0723
7.2.204

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
31540

File size:
233.8 KB (239,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NetCrawl

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/29/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/30/2015 1:59:59 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:
7/3/2014 9:12:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:w8ie1Fq4GQBTK56ExfoJBUutvMTBMy/+mwu:w8iEFqyNK56ExfoKutvMT6oT

Entry address:
0x1C77E

Entry point:
E8, 46, 69, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, A3, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 10, A1, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05...
 
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Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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