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buzzsearch.browseradapter.exe

BuzzSearch

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

MD5:
d44045df2994d33424fc7b4d245db188

SHA-1:
6c37eb8ae920c1e8177ec95014de9d8b7a2ebca3

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:
11/30/2024 9:00:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.7.16.8

File size:
93.3 KB (95,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BuzzSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/6/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BuzzSearch, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BuzzSearch, L=San Diego, 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:
04E8478F4E7A77520D661585F56C13E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/7/2014 7:04:47 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:jfyYk5D6a5XdVnDtBlB2T2LKfAIkp+nkBuX8Tuxz:jf2Z6aRdVHX2Yhh3uX8Tuxz

Entry address:
0x3005

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, 6E, FB, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Code size:
59 KB (60,416 bytes)

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