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kingbrowse.browseradapter.exe

KingBrowse

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

MD5:
c9d947a6dc939e71ccdfc246f2e426f5

SHA-1:
6965aebd4336892533206ef68d54859d87995b6f

SHA-256:
eaf6842196e4218012e06db17dd2120b2859513f76db1cbad980ed7f46178140

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:
11/23/2024 9:38:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.8

File size:
106.2 KB (108,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
KingBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/22/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/21/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=KingBrowse, O=KingBrowse, 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:
59FC64648F7EB003118AF79F79CF3B7C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/11/2015 11:07:23 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4D75

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, 70, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 43, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 46, 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, 58, 85, 41, 00, 01, BF, 4C, 85, 41, 00, BE, 5C, 32, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 58, 85, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 64, 32, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 7E, 20, 41, 00, 89, 35, 4C...
 
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Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

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