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swizzlebiz.purbrowse.exe

swizzlebiz

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application swizzlebiz.purbrowse.exe by swizzlebiz has been detected as adware by 13 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:
swizzlebiz  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a2296ee0277b3a26206abad33d318168

SHA-1:
fce68f5d613a8395557c2647c001b904d6ee4dc4

SHA-256:
a66c10d3f5586379a1df8e2029bb267da129ef14031f32af4b9eb75a07c00bfd

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:57:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OBZ
990

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.LinkSwift
7.1.1

AVG
Adware Generic_r.KI
2014.0.3950

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14521

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.OBZ
1.0.20.705

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.47
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.OBZ
8.14.05.21.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Adware.Agent.OBZ
14.5.24

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OBZ
15.0.0.423

Reason Heuristics
PUP.swizzlebiz.T
14.5.21.0

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29418

File size:
233.8 KB (239,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
swizzlebiz

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=swizzlebiz, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=swizzlebiz, 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:
6465336DA4F2FF797DB8F6131D0063C7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/2014 7:52:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:8MOSroc5juHF9NHxjN/jIBtv9TB86PW6Pc:5OSEc5jAF9NHxjNEBtv9Ty6bc

Entry address:
0x1C71E

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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Entropy:
6.5741

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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