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maintainer.exe

BrowseDen

The application maintainer.exe by BrowseDen has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 29 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “MaintainerSvc6.37.565328”. 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:
BrowseDen  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5737.53

MD5:
392e1f68b2d246b11cc3a4c9492bfe3d

SHA-1:
341cd0b48aee1e537c7f4477f99c1278788ce5be

SHA-256:
6f47f508b4fbfdf81bf08409af32864bb34bb479e243fa6d22ada67a862a4d4c

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 12:02:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.15887
506

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.09.16

Arcabit
Trojan.Adware.Mikey.D3E0F
1.0.0.527

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-JJ [PUP]
2014.9-150916

AVG
AdPlugin
2016.0.2984

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.15887
1.0.20.1295

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7237

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-41785
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AHJ
23244

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.2594
9.0.1.0259

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.15887
8.15.09.16.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.BD potentially unwanted
9.12260

F-Prot
W32/S-11fc74d1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey
11.2015-16-09_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.15887
15.9.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of maintainer.bak (Adware)
2015.11.18.9

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.210.17227

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BrowseFox
v2015.09.16.12

McAfee
BrowseFox-FXS
5600.6640

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.15887
16.0.0.777

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dpmcsm
0.30.24.3283

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Yotoon.128240.B
15.09.16.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.BrowseDen (M)
15.9.16.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.i!1615936[F1]
23.00.65.15914

Sophos
Browse Fox (PUA)
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.SwiftBrowse/Variant
9626

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.DealKeeper
3.12.26.4

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.52012
2.0.0.2399

File size:
125.2 KB (128,240 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5737.53

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\7bb6df21-8ca8-4eec-965d-8cd2261544c7\maintainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BrowseDen

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/6/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/7/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BrowseDen, O=BrowseDen, L=San Diego, 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:
78E90D5F4AFD97903BA7F4418E809513

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/16/2015 9:01:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:CD1Ll2ZpujSiZF4gmsym2UG0IHhxDO3dVr0:CBVDFHxKu3fQ

Entry address:
0x9872

Entry point:
E8, 75, 62, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 68, C2, 41, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 59, 50, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 7A, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Code size:
72.5 KB (74,240 bytes)

Service
Display name:
MaintainerSvc6.37.565328

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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