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surftasticbho.dll

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 30 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Surftastic by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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:
50f2c3bda90ea447debeb8ee18a9f475

SHA-1:
2b6383215ef537e9644ebc5d4c411b40233507e6

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
2/7/2026 7:33:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Surftastic.A
352

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Surftastic.A.6
7.11.148.56

AVG
BrowseFox.F
2017.0.2830

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.16218

Bitdefender
Adware.Surftastic.A
1.0.20.245

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
18237

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.17
9.0.1.049

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Surftastic
8.16.02.18.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
10.9771

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
2/18/2016

F-Secure
Adware.Surftastic.A
11.2016-18-02_5

G Data
Adware.Surftastic
16.2.24

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12013

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.643

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Surftastic.A
v2016.02.18.08

McAfee
Artemis!883BE0DF678D
5600.6486

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Surftastic.A
17.0.0.147

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Adware.Surftastic.A
14.05.07.01

Quick Heal
AdWare.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus)
2.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.Surftastic (M)
16.2.18.8

Sophos
Generic PUA EB
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
9316

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0415
7.2.49

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
28984

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.9011
2.0.0.1781

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

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

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/18/2014 7:59:58 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:z4D2d5Ozi/xuQTuRCl2zNIPmHudRpjP+u1IaI7kfOPDyk:z4Dlyusu2P3dHL91IoGLyk

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)

The file surftasticbho.dll has been discovered within the following program.

Surftastic  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
This adware program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups.
surftastic.net/support
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