home

scantack.purbrowse.exe

Scan Tack

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application scantack.purbrowse.exe by Scan Tack has been detected as adware by 22 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:
Scan Tack  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dfced58e780bf89cce3dada1c012d8b9

SHA-1:
b3bd538fb56defb633df8068743b76c0e4184b57

SHA-256:
993adf3748d71031a8d23dcc9a35295d2f92eb8f62d2c3ffcbe8f5208baacdcf

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 12:52:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y
908

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.LinkSwift
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.08.11

avast!
Win32:Adware-BVO [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3386

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14810

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y
1.0.20.1110

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6584
0.98/19265

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.47
9.0.1.0222

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.9733

F-Prot
W32/A-7b7c3a9f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y
11.2014-10-08_1

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of filterapp_c.exe (Adware)
2014.10.14.14

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.LinkSwift
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!DFCED58E780B
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y
15.0.0.666

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y
14.08.10.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ScanTack.R
14.8.10.16

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28658

File size:
233.8 KB (239,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Scan Tack

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/21/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Scan Tack, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Scan Tack, L=San Diego, 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:
44D91A3142283CE62B23F23C84838B0D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/7/2014 10:22:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pMOSroc5juHF9NHxjN/jIBtv9TB86PW6P:GOSEc5jAF9NHxjNEBtv9Ty6b

Entry address:
0x1C71E

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.5742

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

Remove scantack.purbrowse.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.