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webget.purbrowse.exe

webget

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application webget.purbrowse.exe by webget has been detected as adware by 24 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:
webget  (signed and verified)

MD5:
35d53241b6099ddfa3fe81c172913e35

SHA-1:
b1c22b1856ad11b82277b15cd44695c4fe1f7151

SHA-256:
f7ec63a888c6a3342682c2b33b53766dec4291427cc9f1406a71077aa43cb0d0

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 2:05:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
920

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.07.04

AVG
Adware Generic_r
2015.0.3398

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14729

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
1.0.20.1050

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-55
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.100
9.0.1.0210

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
8.14.07.29.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
11.2014-29-07_3

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of greenerweb.purbrowse.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.4

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3486

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
15.0.0.630

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcwxrg
0.28.2.61148

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
14.07.28.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.07.29.09

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.webget.P
14.7.29.21

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
31708

File size:
233.8 KB (239,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
webget

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/22/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/23/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=webget, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=webget, 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:
2DDF0A91A7D2108F978BEB26D4734BBA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/4/2014 2:12:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:p8ie1Fq4GQBTK56ExfoJBUutvMTBMy/+m6:p8iEFqyNK56ExfoKutvMT6o6

Entry address:
0x1C77E

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:
6.5764

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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