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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 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:
Surftastic  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b4fcfdfddd14da4c6dd8f1bff5e4189d

SHA-1:
e1062507c38331f9b585dee1b52f5dc7e8168d45

SHA-256:
a977d411faa4ded7fab75ccc51a8af5422ce817a4d45fbbb9706e34c7debbe9d

Scanner detections:
27 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:47:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Mplug.AF
868

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.09.08

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.171.32

AVG
Zebrar
2015.0.3346

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14919

Bitdefender
Adware.Mplug.AF
1.0.20.1310

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Mplug-45
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JK
19447

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.218
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Mplug.AF
8.14.09.18.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10380

F-Prot
W32/A-a37ab118
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Mplug.AF
11.2014-19-09_6

G Data
Adware.Mplug.AF
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of zebar.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2014.11.26.11

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
14.0.0.3229

McAfee
PUP-FNK
5600.7002

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Mplug.AF
15.0.0.786

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.denqfa
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.98584
14.09.07.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.639
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Surftastic.Y
14.9.18.20

Sophos
BrowseSmart
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.247
2.0.0.1927

File size:
95.9 KB (98,216 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 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/8/2015 2:59:59 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:
9/18/2014 11:00:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:dUXfaW1QlcE29iu7fqn6BTKUhqkUnzB/FZCWGCD5:dUXfaAycE2T7fq6FU/FkWGU

Entry address:
0x3665

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 50, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, BF, CC, 63, 41, 00, BE, F4, 11, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, FC, 11, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4016

Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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