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BooZaka

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilboozaka.exe by BooZaka has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update BooZaka”. This file is typically installed with the program BooZaka 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:
BooZaka  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5378.25747

MD5:
04af2a9e3408b2b13ca53100e22281ef

SHA-1:
b8c1174443d9b5012bac6a1e1c92b6b0fed0e138

SHA-256:
9e89147838e4ebfb3b86e139da7124fd4f01f77cdde695d92348e31e4a77e29c

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 2:07:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.173.232

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3342

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14923

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10451

F-Prot
W32/A-db42cb3b
v6.4.7.1.166

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
14.0.0.3207

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BooZaka.A
v2014.09.23.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.BooZaka.L
14.9.23.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
33360

File size:
317.8 KB (325,400 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5378.25747

Original file name:
BooZaka.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\boozaka\bin\utilboozaka.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BooZaka

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/18/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BooZaka, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BooZaka, 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:
798D14F2EA94D165A332BEEBA73F4EE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2014 8:18:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:MZA/h4jBG46ZExMD41aWvMsXPN+FQIHgiGuWvSBBr9u+/gv7fOfKph1UdCrSJXzG:MZA/EyXAbiIv7GfKph1UdCrSJXzopyd0

Entry address:
0x4F316

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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0887

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

Code size:
309 KB (316,416 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update BooZaka

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file utilboozaka.exe has been discovered within the following program.

BooZaka  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
BooZaka is an adware program that integrates into the user's web browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox) and will perform a number of functions mostly designed to generate advertising supported or affiliate revenue.
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