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Faster Light

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module fasterlight.dll by Faster Light has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Faster Light by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.fasterlight.info.
Publisher:
Faster Light  (signed and verified)

Product:
Faster Light

Version:
1.0.0.5

MD5:
e2cd93bb7c80b123af55d036cb7e6f05

SHA-1:
75e67f86a718658b5fc8aebfc72e02305766f49e

SHA-256:
527892da6403444340d1444b382c5ba0d6bc8b0dc17fb82c89ee14a68111946d

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:32:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.195.250

AVG
Adware BrowseFox.F
2014.0.4235

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141216

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM
20383

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.167
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.O potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.187.14339

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.FasterLight.A
v2014.12.16.03

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfohwl
0.28.6.64267

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FasterLight.L
14.12.16.3

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
3.12.26.3

File size:
244.7 KB (250,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.5

Copyright:
(c) Faster Light. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\zjj6xyeq\fasterlight.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Faster Light

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Faster Light, O=Faster Light, 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:
697399BCAA43E2F4228493C765EB81CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2014 3:39:20 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ffCo6iohMu83Z2eJC0StN+A3w4id15+EMxIaIMs2lfhf6:feiohM53NCvcixI/Kfhy

Entry address:
0x12854

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 90, 30, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 44, 78, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 1C, A5, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.3527

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

The file fasterlight.dll has been discovered within the following programs.

Faster Light  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
Faster Light is an ad-supported browser extension that may deliver advertisements in the form of coupons, affiliate links, price-comparisons, display media and other links through a number of functions including those based on the the content of any web page the user is visiting, plug-ins, add-ons, or the web browser itself.
fasterlight.info/support
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The file fasterlight.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.fasterlight.info/bed?bet=3

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