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utilbrowsefox.exe

Browse Fox

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

Version:
1.0.5319.2276

MD5:
82bae6434ceb463730a329ae053b6bd1

SHA-1:
28b7b5eb15d63d91af5ce79fc2c41dec783f1d2e

SHA-256:
0d59be5943299a25413c9e60c2deda875b9a2cf913a871a9824ecae72d139cd4

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:
12/23/2024 4:02:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.1.27.22

File size:
314.3 KB (321,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5319.2276

Original file name:
BrowseFox.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsefox\bin\utilbrowsefox.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Browse Fox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/29/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/30/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Browse Fox, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Browse Fox, 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:
3DA9F504A9E9628C2224F40C9EA90C86

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/24/2014 11:16:08 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x4E5A6

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

Code size:
305.5 KB (312,832 bytes)

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