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webspades.purbrowse.exe

WebSpades

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application webspades.purbrowse.exe by WebSpades has been detected as adware by 14 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:
WebSpades  (signed and verified)

MD5:
78dc8c4b5f617dbe31e60a8f8881a7aa

SHA-1:
bab2547fbc0c9633cc4f4754a6a49a6fdedcf523

SHA-256:
663e0f584fb45ca96ef4cca946379e7d59761779c19891b680e88a2d6580e0ff

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:00:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.07.23

AVG
Adware Generic_r.KI
2014.0.3986

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14722

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-55
0.98/19185

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.100
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Artemis!78DC8C4B5F61
5600.7061

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebSpades.S
14.7.22.11

Sophos
Generic PUA LK
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
233.8 KB (239,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebSpades

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WebSpades, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WebSpades, 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:
67B477151E4851C39D3B7BD0A019E603

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2014 9:12:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:U8ie1Fq4GQBTK56ExfoJBUutvMTBMy/+mD:U8iEFqyNK56ExfoKutvMT6oD

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:
6.5763

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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