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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 29 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Surftastic’. 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:
e4caa0124202698abd4b744c919433f2

SHA-1:
8c34a6d4b301f2c3e6104c12702c258b5686aa5a

SHA-256:
00d9969ac22c4e16e7ac6d598d66cb218fceb2adedec07e09be22badbbe6c361

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:43:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Surftastic.A
1022

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.144.64

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.14419

Bitdefender
Adware.Surftastic.A
1.0.20.545

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
18128

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.17
9.0.1.0109

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Surftastic
8.14.04.19.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.9698

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
4/19/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Surftastic.A
11.2014-19-04_7

G Data
Adware.Surftastic
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of sizlsearchbho.dll (Adware)
2014.7.8.0

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
14.0.0.3994

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Surftastic.A
v2014.04.19.05

McAfee
Artemis!93F334FCE134
5600.7156

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Surftastic.A
15.0.0.327

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd
0.28.0.59288

nProtect
Adware.Surftastic.A
14.04.18.01

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

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.Surftastic.N
14.4.19.5

Sophos
Generic PUA EC
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10657

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0412
7.2.109

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
28382

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:
1/2/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2015 3:59:59 PM

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 4:19:24 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:v4D2d5Ozi/xuQTuRCl2zNIPiHudRpjP+C1IaI9kfOiDyr8:v4Dlyusu2PbdHLx1IKG4yQ

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:
6.3661

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}


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

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.
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