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neurowisebho.dll

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Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module neurowisebho.dll by TessView has been detected as adware by 32 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘neurowise 1.0.0.6’. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.neurowise.info.
Publisher:
neurowise  (signed by TessView)

Product:
neurowise

Version:
1.0.0.6

MD5:
b4f57346bfce65253229a96520f01e68

SHA-1:
b02c8aac737dde574f7e9e6dc656be6f18496ff3

SHA-256:
0d7f9034e488ae33f327390012206c56c3234871b301d05aaa63553246e0ad50

Scanner detections:
32 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/6/2024 2:56:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BP
6355271

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.166.4

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-EY [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Adware BrowseFox.F
2014.0.4253

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15119

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
1.0.20.95

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-178
0.98/19947

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
19119

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.215
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BP
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
1/19/2015

F-Prot
W32/BadBHO.AW.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BP
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.186.14174

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Zebar.A
v2015.01.19.07

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FRR
5600.6881

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
16.0.0.57

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.czmzab
0.28.2.61349

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249624.B
14.08.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.01.19.07

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.Yontoo
15.1.19.7

Sophos
PUA 'Browse Fox'
5.09

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10106

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0807
7.2.19

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
32026

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.9402
2.0.0.1850

File size:
244.3 KB (250,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.6

Copyright:
(c) neurowise. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\neurowise\neurowisebho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TessView

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TessView, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TessView, 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:
3F35E503136B53896D71C7902553287E

Registration
CLSID:
{d08ab008-0647-4784-8e2c-5769cd4a7c3a}

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/19/2015 2:31:30 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ocJBot/Cq/itJwlKXt6SSkFhTwGgujTci+nIaIU8fwWpHzLH:o1b/itDXtDSeAIJLHzLH

Entry address:
0x12854

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 80, 30, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 04, 78, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 0C, A5, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.3612

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
neurowise 1.0.0.6

CLSID:
{d08ab008-0647-4784-8e2c-5769cd4a7c3a}


The file neurowisebho.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.neurowise.info/bed?r=2015011921&bet=3

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