surftastic.purbrowse.exe

Surftastic

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application surftastic.purbrowse.exe by Surftastic has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Surftastic  (signed and verified)

MD5:
94ec67c5df24e669d6eec90176d254f2

SHA-1:
e965c011e78f0478813037112b3fdaa1382cd913

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 12:22:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.Surftastic (M)
16.2.14.20

File size:
233.4 KB (239,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/6/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
7/3/2014 2:12:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:B8ie1Fq4GQBTK56ExfoJBUutvMTBMy/+mk:B8iEFqyNK56ExfoKutvMT6ok

Entry address:
0x1C77E

Entry point:
E8, 46, 69, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, A3, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 10, A1, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05...
 
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Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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