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BrowseFox.OptChecker.dll

Browse Fox

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module BrowseFox.OptChecker.dll 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:
1.0.5435.29439

MD5:
6f8006bc1da453e5d66f46e8a1296a99

SHA-1:
1be4542ad231d6b3121e6bebf00cd7997d4665aa

SHA-256:
c012276facba623865b4a96a20201b517b2de3de495da82a8959a72cfdb9b8eb

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 6:14:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
17.2.23.12

File size:
723.2 KB (740,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5435.29439

Original file name:
BrowseFox.OptChecker.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\plugins\browsefox.optchecker.dll

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:
11/18/2014 7:21:24 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xB4A62

Entry point:
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Entropy:
5.8785

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

Code size:
715 KB (732,160 bytes)

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