wildwestbho.dll

Wild West

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module wildwestbho.dll by Wild West has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Wild West 1.0.0.7’. 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.mywildwestapp.com.
Publisher:
Wild West  (signed and verified)

Product:
Wild West

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
515d694fd803885f5720f9e37a219a22

SHA-1:
2c560147451a43d4ca4d223e609fcfe259374ca4

SHA-256:
f2c002e62dc8ad75be990e9d1057df0088444f8ffa909159ddfc3e3a35c37247

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:23:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.219.36

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3162

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15322

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.081

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-f64f6ec1
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.6.27.17

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15408

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WildWest.A
v2015.03.22.12

McAfee
Artemis!3EF9508F3295
5600.6721

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo
0.30.8.659

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.WildWest
15.4.14.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B
23.00.65.15412

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047C0OCM15
7.2.178

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
38840

File size:
262.7 KB (269,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) Wild West. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\wild west\wildwestbho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Wild West, O=Wild West, 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:
496B67C883386C82B7E6FF63CEFE1466

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2015 11:24:19 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:c2CYU/9J7yX8LVxQbqHVOhB+PVG63Qv+8e2mZKTtRUg/MsCdmcE9:c2CYUf+sLVW4VOy+vTmZ62D+

Entry address:
0xF515

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EA, 7E, 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, B8, 21, 03, 10, E8, 4C, 02, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 0C, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, C4, 93, 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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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Wild West 1.0.0.7

CLSID:
{298f32ca-94c4-4808-be02-644b9c7d89cf}


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