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updatebrowsepax.exe

Browse Pax

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

Version:
1.0.5525.40344

MD5:
7a6c52531900a43ba61b4c40e85e436e

SHA-1:
04019ade970679d85a11f935d8536cece882802b

SHA-256:
aa3738d37cb098c5aa0ca55d637954e281e8e27d311935f343bafa645caf2797

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:
12/24/2024 1:50:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.6.5

File size:
394.7 KB (404,208 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5525.40344

Original file name:
BrowsePax2015021706.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browse pax\updatebrowsepax.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Pax

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/6/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Browse Pax, O=Browse Pax, 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:
3042BEE729064AB94DEF88F30ACB3ED0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2015 7:25:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x626A2

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
386 KB (395,264 bytes)

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