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BrowseFox.BRT.Helper.exe

Browse Fox

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application BrowseFox.BRT.Helper.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)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
922257acbf16cf5e8551c4bc5d8313b2

SHA-1:
03d52b9566efb72c459ef1de05b77b6a73d29361

SHA-256:
61e9371a5d21667bba450f3d26dd9ca02ee950cff528c3ebe08cc8897ca85263

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:
11/5/2024 7:09:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.27.1

File size:
157.2 KB (161,008 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
BrowseFox.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\browsefox.brt.helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Fox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
9/29/2014 11:38:38 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x270DE

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
browsefox.brt.helper.exe


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