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specialbox.purbrowse64.exe

Special Box

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application specialbox.purbrowse64.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:
0d65c58d31ed45409aa98d076d4b373f

SHA-1:
0f0abf4908f76bd17470b328ea84af157cc2f2a5

SHA-256:
5ab5efbd2d48a981986bdb4a692a9e18aafc9727df084d084773d04f97cceed4

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 1:30:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.209.128

avast!
Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP]
2014.9-150328

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3156

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15328

Bkav FE
W64.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-1100
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W64/S-8738d8b1
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of acerace.purbrowse64.exe (Adware)
2015.7.3.6

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.9.0

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FUU
5600.6812

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.SpecialBox
15.4.14.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Kranet!6.2166
23.00.65.15326

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.47380
2.0.0.2119

File size:
345.2 KB (353,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\special box\bin\specialbox.purbrowse64.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 3:27:55 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:cf7PDQ5LmCmlY5r4m8FYREIIYnTqGn6QTahLoRzUXcn97Y+TBZUUTTy:czPDQ5qarx8FTYmGhl7Y+TbU1

Entry address:
0x25840

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, F5, AD, 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, 07, AF, 02, 00, EB, 04, 48, 83, C0, 10, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 48, 83, EC, 28...
 
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Entropy:
6.2933

Code size:
233 KB (238,592 bytes)

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