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utilfasterlight.exe

Faster Light

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilfasterlight.exe by Faster Light has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Faster Light”. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Faster Light by Yontoo Technology, Inc. and Buzzdock by Alactro LLC, both potentially unwanted software. 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.

File name:

utilfasterlight.exe

Publisher:

Faster Light (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5504.20522

MD5:

b5c13f2c8fea1b79303bc528c4b8b069

SHA-1:

2a2c74b6f63174f8169016e39d1bf33cd7c40ee2

SHA-256:

cc7bf01ae04e5e5293da80d5b03021166241a0fc030fa66e52893877b6bd6473

Scanner detections:

18 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 12:30:47 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.BrowseFox.BR

6480224

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7

7.11.205.220

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3214

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.15129

Bitdefender

Adware.BrowseFox.BR

1.0.20.145

Dr.Web

Trojan.Yontoo.401

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.BrowseFox.BR

9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32

MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/S-5fd402b3

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Adware.BrowseFox.BR

5.13.68

G Data

Adware.BrowseFox.BR

15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.193.14803

McAfee

Artemis!B5C13F2C8FEA

5600.6870

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.BrowseFox.BR

16.0.0.87

nProtect

Adware.BrowseFox.BR

15.01.29.01

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

Adware.Yontoo.Service

15.1.29.17

Sophos

Generic PUA CK

4.98

File size:

657.2 KB (673,016 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5504.20522

Original file name:

FasterLight2015012619.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\faster light\bin\utilfasterlight.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Faster Light

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

11/19/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/20/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Faster Light, O=Faster Light, 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:

697399BCAA43E2F4228493C765EB81CE

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/26/2015 5:24:10 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

6.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:IxWDPspPqmn4y05b8dgvUdhyIamuElOH+GUFUqxQTPPe:IxWwkmn4Odph3ueGUS9je

Entry address:

0xA4096

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... 
[+]

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

648.5 KB (664,064 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Update Faster Light

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

The file utilfasterlight.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Buzzdock by Alactro LLC

This is a web browser extension that injects advertising. From the EULA: "Buzzdock is free to download and use. Buzzdock is supported by advertising, and users will see additional ads on websites where Buzzdock features operate.

www.buzzdock.com/faq-support

79% remove it

Faster Light by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

Faster Light is an ad-supported browser extension that may deliver advertisements in the form of coupons, affiliate links, price-comparisons, display media and other links through a number of functions including those based on the the content of any web page the user is visiting, plug-ins, add-ons, or the web browser itself.

fasterlight.info/support

86% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a184-50-238-25.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (184.50.238.25:80)

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