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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:
48d7b2c5db3941af55dac8850c3bf9b4

SHA-1:
fb514fdeb5e9c3ceecdff2d8d8f02d97fe6ff48f

SHA-256:
afd11342b2538ef48afee69df6bf5528e1cc8746cdde2f1fff78bdade4a0b057

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:
12/25/2024 1:41:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.14

File size:
101.7 KB (104,176 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:
11/4/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/5/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BuzzSearch, 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:
39CF7BDCF992CEB4BEF0448204CEA1D1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2015 1:02:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x42B5

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, B8, 74, 41, 00, 01, BF, AC, 74, 41, 00, BE, 14, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, B8, 74, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 1C, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, 13, 41, 00, 89, 35, AC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4010

Code size:
65 KB (66,560 bytes)

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