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specialbox.boashelper.exe

Special Box

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application specialbox.boashelper.exe by Special Box 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:
Special Box  (signed and verified)

MD5:
38ed5b46bc24a949d417fc8e94e4c12b

SHA-1:
50cae6874e58a42d2e79aa7ca70d8b4d0d8bc520

SHA-256:
658127c7c945f344f4e0ddf94690ee78327a6c9e97423d6911e4e4f49b08804a

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:01:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
582

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.03.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-ES [PUP]
2014.9-150703

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3156

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15328

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ISPI
21558

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.087

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
8.15.07.03.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.R potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11386

F-Prot
W32/S-737fdba0
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
11.2015-03-07_6

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of portalmore.boashelper.exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15405

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
16.0.0.552

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BrowseFox.dgfdla
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
15.01.16.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.SpecialBox
15.4.14.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
38822

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.361
2.0.0.2118

File size:
1.6 MB (1,649,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\special box\bin\specialbox.boashelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Special Box

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/22/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Special Box, O=Special Box, 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:
68F233DC671BBE554282D38DFEB31C19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/27/2015 3:13:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:5Vwp2HyWL1BZpPCWvRcxCRqlZzHsAtzvz1xE+rXt5pnfauAD8v:vyUBZoWvRiCRqlZzHs0zLXXzpnfa9S

Entry address:
0xF6B5B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 84, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 94, E1, 56, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F8, 77, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 42, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 81, 28, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 94, E1, 56, 00, FF, 15, 2C, F2, 51, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, E0, E9, 56, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 0F, 85, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 47, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 89...
 
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Entropy:
6.4167

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,171,456 bytes)

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