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updatebrowsergood.exe

Browser Good

Part of the Yontoo web browser plugin (delivers advertisements to the web browser in the form of injected banners, text-links, popups, etc.) the updater mechanism for Browser Good will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updatebrowsergood.exe by Browser Good has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Browser Good”. 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:
Browser Good  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5565.21730

MD5:
a6f94a9a1cb0d5934a13b3db6f8c9aa8

SHA-1:
99ecd266c71271af9545f6232f636e180e2f607f

SHA-256:
83b5830aee01356f180cc9b92e7e15b665843b7c5647cc26ce12918b31cbbd97

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo adware web browser extension update process.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:30:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
678

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
MSIL:BrowseFox-AN [PUP]
2014.9-150328

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3156

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15328

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
1.0.20.435

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.087

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
8.15.03.28.06

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.G potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11391

F-Prot
W32/S-e8c6878a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
11.2015-28-03_7

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
15.3.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15414

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Agent
14.0.0.2276

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BrowserGood.A
v2015.03.28.06

McAfee
BrowseFox-FWI
5600.6812

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
16.0.0.261

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.CD
15.03.27.01

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.Service
15.3.28.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
38850

File size:
400.2 KB (409,848 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5565.21730

Original file name:
BrowserGood2015032820.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browser good\updatebrowsergood.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browser Good

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/19/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/20/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Browser Good, O=Browser Good, L=Santa Monica, 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:
415A9A4B07BAA4A4F09FB5982A7CFAFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/28/2015 1:04:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:DQR5iwDIekXRF1SYBSdMAs93jXjbX2yO9tln/UZCMuMKvetIkqxKfEn0hyOZ:DQR5semOP6TX2yO9tBglK/xOZ

Entry address:
0x63D86

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 06, 00, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4815

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
391.5 KB (400,896 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Browser Good

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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