TasticSurf

Publisher Information

TasticSurf is a brand of the Sambreel/Yontoo group, a web advertising company located in Carlsbad, CA. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. It is part of the Yontoo/Sambreel group and distributes web browser add-ons, typically potentially unwanted and adware in nature, that are designed to modify a user's typical search beahvior as well as display context and popup advertising. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TasticSurf, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TasticSurf, 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:
7a9a017a31db5e88b561fedaf60e6163

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M), Adware.Yontoo (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceeliteun.exe  (a26673a98828d7dcaaba91b79e185b05)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse.exe  (93e9e436a59c88041863a89a283ff1d8)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.browseradapter.exe  (30f0d416beea3d9a3984c0558f7aa368)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AdvanceElite.PurBrowseG.dll  (64579bebf8e7424d924ec3abd68776af)

1 / 68      (Adware)
tmp0000008bd500e940c47e775a  (66f7d05d4aba9905047c17c7d2fb9d61)

1 / 68      (Adware)
tmp0000004dcfb6d5ed058c3e64  (38a4a2d55436e0da2e18a4676123e563)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse64.exe  (0eba04b3548c74822a3b6507e9ac1284)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceeliteun.exe  (14c64e4dddb819538933e7b5f3443d25)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AdvanceElite.PurBrowse.dll  (d258a7a1efc6df15335468a28112e8b3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse64.exe  (c37213f85803c225ad4223d10a85f457)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse.exe  (fa1ff47e41701fabd9b0339c28b43516)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelitebho.dll (AdvanceElite)  (44923ae2df3943ae7e9c5393175e0b21)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceeliteuninstall.exe  (f992af7aeb65baeecce0221b652b5fb3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse64.exe  (7256eca25f27e4886c1f1cd11f6c3312)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse.exe  (ed520ede2312ca880828ee5c7b84f252)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse.exe  (fe4f4ba20880300515fb222147ebdacb)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AdvanceElite.FirstRun.exe (FirstRun)  (81fa6e9713d730836981cdefcdef935e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse64.exe  (018108ffbf16ac462127fbd30a5fb5e0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceeliteuninstall.exe  (cda624d1f86673c09d8b9768b1656e0b)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse.exe  (08f29f3ff3dadd4037dc84226bbb4f38)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.browseradapter.exe  (7985a93f5015e6a70f7676509911f575)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AdvanceElite.BrowserFilter.dll  (d9b8442d4501374633ae1805acddfd71)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AdvanceElite.PurBrowse.dll  (f383587bce065bd62c70c37781fa0a8d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
AdvanceElite.GCUpdate.dll  (77614ca70a1ceccba2cd442d854334f3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
maintainer.bak  (ed3fb7e4fce81d952d953666f7d868cd)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse.exe  (2c49bd4a0d84442f8807c8b8740ac059)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse64.exe  (72d68e9b1d6796dfdef9da9e91e0e3bd)

1 / 68      (Adware)
advanceelite.purbrowse.exe  (7a585660469a1234c5c004401882fc0b)

 
Latest 30 of 1,257 files

The following certificate is also signed by TasticSurf.

6D2C37BF960997763055AC9274C52D6C  (Nov 04, 2014 to Jan 04, 2016)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

30 of 54 publishers

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to TasticSurf by VeriSign, Inc. on November 26, 2013 with the serial number '7a9a017a31db5e88b561fedaf60e6163'.