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fasterlightbho.dll

Faster Light

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module fasterlightbho.dll by Faster Light has been detected as adware by 36 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.

File name:

fasterlightbho.dll

Publisher:

Faster Light (signed and verified)

Product:

Faster Light

Version:

1.0.0.6

MD5:

9032e05f06d10f689826813fd72f91d0

SHA-1:

5b18613a6ccd5db463aee1a7fe29928bce7b894c

SHA-256:

315339cc9acf3660c29af0b483cacce35b3333ca1cfc930721984cd42c486e3d

Scanner detections:

36 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:

12/26/2024 6:09:18 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

604

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

Adware/Win32.BrowseFox

2015.01.05

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2

7.11.199.126

AVG

BrowseFox.F

2016.0.3082

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.15611

Bitdefender

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

1.0.20.810

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-7675

0.98/21411

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM

20597

Dr.Web

Trojan.BPlug.142

9.0.1.0162

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

8.15.06.11.06

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox (variant)

9.10964

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/BrowseFox

6/11/2015

F-Prot

W32/S-7bed2e86

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

11.2015-11-06_5

G Data

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

15.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.BrowseFox

t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.1814525

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent

14.0.0.1904

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.FasterLight.A

v2015.06.11.06

McAfee

Artemis!9032E05F06D1

5600.6738

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

16.0.0.486

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.BPlug.ddwtte

0.30.0.64448

Norman

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

11.20150611

nProtect

Adware.BrowseFox.AP

15.01.02.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/CI.A

15.06.11.06

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Yontoo.FasterLight

15.6.11.6

Sophos

Generic PUA FL

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.BrowseFox/Variant

9820

Trend Micro House Call

ADW_BROWSEF

7.2.162

Trend Micro

ADW_BROWSEF

10.465.11

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.Kranet

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Generic

36376

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.Agent.Win32.9402

2.0.0.1850

File size:

244.7 KB (250,616 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.6

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\faster light\fasterlightbho.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Faster Light

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

11/20/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

11/21/2015 6:59:59 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

Registration

CLSID:

{950ef4df-b9dd-4b97-9e34-5c7d25a5eb88}

COM registered:

Yes

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/24/2014 4:50:33 AM

OS version:

6.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:UnZoaLABKWh3vpAC0yBzA3QJSd15+kxIaIWIp1fw8ymhwu:U3LABKU3v2C+zxI0/mh3

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, 24, 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:

6.3518

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

159 KB (162,816 bytes)

The file fasterlightbho.dll has been discovered within the following program.

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

86% remove it

The file fasterlightbho.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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

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