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Browse Pax

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application browsepaxuninstall.exe by Browse Pax has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Browse Pax by Browse Pax.
Publisher:
Browse Pax  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ffcf0d10798afdaf6089c54ab00c3b2c

SHA-1:
9c7fb03bae3dba2f09242f57633ddce1cd2590a7

SHA-256:
3a3dad7bce579c1b8c59cc35ffb422862ac59051f2c85cebdccffae1059fa402

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:
12/24/2024 1:38:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.20

File size:
252.8 KB (258,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browse pax\browsepaxuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Pax

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/6/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Browse Pax, O=Browse Pax, 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:
3042BEE729064AB94DEF88F30ACB3ED0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 6:52:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8666

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Browse Pax

Display publisher:
Browse Pax

Display version:
2015.01.15.212254

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Browse Pax\BrowsePaxuninstall.exe


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