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specialbox.browseradapter64.exe

Special Box

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application specialbox.browseradapter64.exe by Special Box has been detected as adware by 17 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:
a14260865da9da367524e07b881fb9f9

SHA-1:
e8112b065683467af045c2ac29b70e4a4b781639

SHA-256:
d69c594b0bcd0f058cc01736f296e5bb3729e4c0946fd037098fd5efeaf7b95a

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:15:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.NetTool
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
3.6.1.96

AVG
Generic_r
2016.0.3156

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15328

Bkav FE
W64.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-378
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.087

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.CO potentially unwanted
9.11391

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/BrowseFox
3/28/2015

F-Prot
W64/S-ae7ba29a
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of roundworld.browseradapter64.exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.6

McAfee
BrowseFox-FUU
5600.6812

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.SpecialBox
15.4.14.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0328
7.2.87

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.BrowseFox
38850

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.3295
2.0.0.2119

File size:
120.2 KB (123,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\special box\bin\specialbox.browseradapter64.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:
3/28/2015 3:26:56 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:PJ2pacT8fCjog539fz97JbH3dPaZ3aHhcwOln:PJoTklg53157JDyGhcwOp

Entry address:
0x4CBC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 52, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, E9, EB, 05, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, 99, 53, 01, 00, 75, 11, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 02, F3, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, 2D, 27, 00, 00, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 40, 48, 8B, D9, EB, 0F, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 6D, 28, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 13, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 95, 07, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 74, E7, 48, 83, C4, 40, 5B, C3, 8B, 05...
 
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Entropy:
6.1744

Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

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