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SteelCut.BOAS.exe

Steel Cut

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application SteelCut.BOAS.exe, “SteelCut.BOAS.exe” by Steel Cut has been detected as adware by 28 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:
Steel Cut  (signed and verified)

Description:
SteelCut.BOAS.exe

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
949a8da2668f32a17afb7302877443e4

SHA-1:
6141168be4d86b319d35e536949a3dfad36a25ca

SHA-256:
c8347888e85924f76d199f32bcfcf9f119d05eea577adb01e7f6337450695fdd

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 12:46:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883
655

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.11.28

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen4
7.11.189.40

avast!
Win32:Adware-CCC [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.CVL
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15421

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883
1.0.20.555

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.BrowseFox.FW
21843

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883
8.15.04.21.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.R potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/BrowseFox.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883
11.2015-21-04_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of holdpage.boas.exe (Adware)
2015.7.22.13

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15655

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Sanbreel.A
v2015.04.21.07

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883
16.0.0.333

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dmcvdm
0.30.20.1219

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Quick Heal
AdWare.Agent.OD5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.SteelCut
15.4.21.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.MPlug!6.1B2D
23.00.65.15419

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
35186

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.22657
2.0.0.2145

File size:
1.7 MB (1,791,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Original file name:
SteelCut.BOAS.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\steel cut\bin\steelcut.boas.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Steel Cut

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Steel Cut, O=Steel Cut, 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:
0ABB826DEFFE019B3B61D91322DE992A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/18/2015 5:53:33 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:BMKHNDKEQkGmSK5sdktUSTlb/oLEchSatitfHB98gu3bEBz7Pm2ICLk0K6d+qI8:Ku+Ecm1s6DTl/oLEchSatitvibabm2Iw

Entry address:
0x107789

Entry point:
E8, CA, 72, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B8, 3E, 58, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 51, 73, 00, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, F0, C6, 55, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 74, 2D, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 7A, 38, 00, 00, 8D, 70, 01, 56, E8, 1C, 06, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, 56, 50, E8, 17, 74, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, C6, 47, 08, 01, 5E, 5F, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 56, 8B, F1, 80, 7E, 08, 00, 74, 09, FF, 76, 04, E8, FB, 09, 00, 00, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C6, 46...
 
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Entropy:
6.4175

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,263,104 bytes)

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