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surftastic.browseradapter.exe

Surftastic

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application surftastic.browseradapter.exe by Surftastic has been detected as adware by 5 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:
Surftastic  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ab5e4d1366c2723bbcc3ef31b75c724a

SHA-1:
791657367d5303be23dfa2cbd9cedc621886ed2b

SHA-256:
3fecc866e16c751b25e92d05cc3f86769a86e752984633eab6b3bff241ccbf08

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:15:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3475

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14514

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.48
9.0.1.0134

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.9796

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Surftastic.Y
14.5.13.12

File size:
93.9 KB (96,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\surftastic\bin\surftastic.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Surftastic

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/7/2014 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/8/2015 4:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Surftastic, O=Surftastic, STREET=10620 Treena Street Suite 230, L=San Diego, S=Ca, PostalCode=92131, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
1E51B1BC1DA0D725290BE84DCF88D4EB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/13/2014 4:09:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:02wSXGXSeeok8DtLgB2zENKfAIkPDnkBpXxTD8BKKDL:0I2XSZokac28hHqpXxTD8KW

Entry address:
0x30E5

Entry point:
E8, 85, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 70, 40, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 07, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3E, 22, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, C5, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, BF, 6C, 53, 41, 00, BE, 10, 02, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 02, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, FC, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3711

Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ny1wv3280.xglobe.net  (204.145.82.20:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-212-109-154.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.212.109.154:80)

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