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snipsmart.purbrowse64.exe

snipsmart

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application snipsmart.purbrowse64.exe by snipsmart has been detected as adware by 12 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:
snipsmart  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c43bae6ee28528a04e64d0aa6def72b0

SHA-1:
db1f21f8c3da1028dac746d719557ebab0712fe5

SHA-256:
34fe8ff84f6c4e78fca397193727e61f14f3fc3efeafded3b75f005abc6e39c2

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/1/2024 8:55:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.09.24

avast!
Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP]
2014.9-140918

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3346

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14919

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-279
0.98/19422

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.A potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of krabweb.purbrowse64.exe (Adware)
2014.11.26.21

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.7.8.0

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.349984
14.09.23.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.snipsmart.U
14.9.18.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
32938

File size:
341.7 KB (349,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
snipsmart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=snipsmart, O=snipsmart, 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:
44017A0654590E4048857CE5A4A44F1A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2014 3:53:44 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mmTV6EBlub61yGYZW+WpVdDhiIqqoPPBFvueqTlbk5C/QDV0wU7YBTBhxOsr/NI1:muV6Mub6YW/pV9W9TvKjZ7YBTXcyrw

Entry address:
0x25110

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 77, 94, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 4C, 8D, 0D, 25, A5, 02, 00, 33, C0, 49, 8B, D1, 44, 8D, 40, 08, 3B, 0A, 74, 2B, FF, C0, 49, 03, D0, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F2, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 06, B8, 0D, 00, 00, 00, C3, 81, C1, 44, FF, FF, FF, B8, 16, 00, 00, 00, 83, F9, 0E, 41, 0F, 46, C0, C3, 48, 98, 41, 8B, 44, C1, 04, C3, CC, 48, 83, EC, 28, E8, DB, 5E, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 75, 09, 48, 8D, 05, 37, A6, 02, 00, EB, 04, 48, 83, C0, 10, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 48, 83, EC, 28...
 
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Entropy:
6.2944

Code size:
230.5 KB (236,032 bytes)

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