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browsefox.boashelper.exe

Browse Fox

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application browsefox.boashelper.exe by Browse Fox has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Browse Fox  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1095d4d68b70c8f06810ba52e7ee6846

SHA-1:
81ee755ebcd62666d85e524e3b6927dfef4d1fd7

SHA-256:
1b14950b3984ca721902c687efc762892d75d18d05d4f2e62621e3ccd1714743

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 6:18:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.5.20

File size:
1.6 MB (1,649,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\browsefox.boashelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Fox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/5/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Browse Fox, O=Browse Fox, 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:
01384FB7929C948C4A9ACD0BC2F3E8C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/20/2014 5:00:44 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xF6B5B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 84, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 94, E1, 56, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F8, 77, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 42, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 81, 28, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 94, E1, 56, 00, FF, 15, 2C, F2, 51, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, E0, E9, 56, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 0F, 85, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 47, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 89...
 
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Entropy:
6.4162

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,171,456 bytes)

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