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specialbox.purbrowse.exe

Special Box

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application specialbox.purbrowse.exe by Special Box has been detected as adware by 27 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:
6da9e131c0f7b8baabdf44590f41920d

SHA-1:
43104aa89387bd2a078fac0951afff600c896450

SHA-256:
6447a39a223e8431e0f965f3e1971d2ba74516fc0d98b5dce06c18e16575ce8a

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:20:37 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
678

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.BPlug
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.03.29

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3156

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15328

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
1.0.20.435

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-1101
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ZPGI
21569

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.929
9.0.1.087

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
8.15.03.28.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-4dc21c6d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
11.2015-28-03_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of solutionreal.purbrowse.exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.8

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.200.15176

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
14.0.0.2276

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FVX
5600.6812

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.5645
16.0.0.261

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dnpvno
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Kranet.296688
15.03.27.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.03.28.08

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.SpecialBox
15.4.14.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.SwiftBrowse!6.1B4E
23.00.65.15326

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.64142
2.0.0.2119

File size:
289.7 KB (296,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Special Box

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/23/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/24/2016 12:59:59 AM

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 11:27:21 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:fbkyGUHUG1OjdpUalGhZB2OtvYTBQNs1KSH:TkyGUHUfjdpUalGhZB2OtvYTuxSH

Entry address:
0x2150E

Entry point:
E8, 45, 84, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 88, 34, 44, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 8C, 34, 44, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, F4, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F0, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, E1, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F4, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Code size:
211 KB (216,064 bytes)

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