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Surftastic

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module surftasticbho.dll by Surftastic has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Surftastic’. 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)

Product:
Surftastic

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
2e9049e1b546b0ed12b173a750c01ccb

SHA-1:
06b10c62009fce1fb561441f68e31a5cce172068

SHA-256:
c2d4c9b6418a9ed25903ace785b97a0558d7950558c3983144e4bc133efa3e0d

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 12:14:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Surftastic.A
1018

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.144.234

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.14423

Bitdefender
Adware.Surftastic.A
1.0.20.565

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
18153

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.17
9.0.1.0113

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Surftastic
8.14.04.23.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.9710

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
4/23/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Surftastic.A
11.2014-23-04_4

G Data
Adware.Surftastic
14.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11613

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3973

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Surftastic.A
v2014.04.23.10

McAfee
Artemis!2E9049E1B546
5600.7152

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Surftastic.A
15.0.0.339

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd
0.28.0.59492

nProtect
Adware.Surftastic.A
14.04.22.01

Quick Heal
AdWare.Agent.ahbx (Not a Virus)
4.14.12.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.Surftastic.N
14.4.23.10

Sophos
Generic PUA AG
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10648

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0423
7.2.113

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
28530

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
243.8 KB (249,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
(c) Surftastic. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
SurftasticIEClient.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\surftastic\surftasticbho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Surftastic

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/3/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/4/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Surftastic, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Surftastic, 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:
117C1C381BA3522C50659E614BB20D99

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/23/2014 6:35:15 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:V4D2d5Ozi/xuQTuRCl2zNIPaHudRpjP+/1IaITkfOUDyg:V4Dlyusu2PjdHLM1IQG2yg

Entry address:
0x12844

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 30, 2D, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 24, 68, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 8C, A1, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.3663

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Surftastic

CLSID:
{c6673938-a52b-4dc6-af05-783e7e2c8b65}


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