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browsefox.browseradapter.exe

Browse Fox

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application browsefox.browseradapter.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:
069d0f0e83e196f5ea8dc8ab4a70f7c8

SHA-1:
29cebe645eb62749d5d07e00b300fd566a14366a

SHA-256:
92b44ead65f230d048daef285b880a7973e2755bf4829ad4496e7e4cf4571d01

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:
12/23/2024 4:01:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.1.22.3

File size:
94.3 KB (96,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Fox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/30/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/31/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Browse Fox, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
3DA9F504A9E9628C2224F40C9EA90C86

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2014 5:26:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x30E5

Entry point:
E8, 85, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 70, 40, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 07, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3E, 22, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, C5, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, BF, 6C, 53, 41, 00, BE, 10, 02, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 02, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, FC, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

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