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netcrawl.purbrowse64.exe

NetCrawl

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application netcrawl.purbrowse64.exe by NetCrawl has been detected as adware by 15 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:
606b16cf093b137edc7d559247324272

SHA-1:
e4ba7e696e60965f960cf9e64bcf34b067953199

SHA-256:
92e38f8816c860efa894c94f6b18878f7d29be52b885deee54d270bdece258b0

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:00:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
926

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win64.Browsefox
2014.07.24

AVG
BrowseFox.A
2015.0.3404

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14723

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
1.0.20.1020

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.100
9.0.1.0204

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
8.14.07.23.11

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10142

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

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AQ
15.0.0.612

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.NetCrawl.T
14.7.23.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
31532

File size:
280.3 KB (287,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\netcrawl\bin\netcrawl.purbrowse64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NetCrawl

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/28/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 7:59:59 PM

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 3:12:54 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:AoZk/KUcMPY18Ou41b4pPyK4j/TTl0yhv3Q7YTTBdZg1ga3Nb:AYk/KUgluPPCxXo7YTTfZs31

Entry address:
0x201A0

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 53, 77, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 10, 48, 89, 7C, 24, 18, 55, 48, 8B, EC, 48, 83, EC, 60, 48, 8B, FA, 48, 8B, D9, 48, 8D, 4D, C0, 48, 8D, 15, E9, 04, 01, 00, 41, B8, 40, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8E, E4, FF, FF, 48, 8D, 55, 10, 48, 8B, CF, 48, 89, 5D, E8, 48, 89, 7D, F0, E8, 0E, 99, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, D8, 48, 89, 45, 10, 48, 89, 45, F8, 48, 85, FF, 74, 1B, F6, 07, 08, B9, 00, 40, 99, 01, 74, 05, 89, 4D, E0, EB, 0C, 8B, 45, E0, 4D, 85, DB, 0F, 44, C1, 89, 45...
 
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Entropy:
6.3020

Code size:
185 KB (189,440 bytes)

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