What is BooZaka?

BooZaka is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 55.17% of installations running this operating system. BooZaka's installer is typically 7.00 MB in size and installs around 18 files. The most common release is 2014.08.25.211604 with 10.34% of all installations currently using this version.

BooZaka is most popular in the United States with 42.11% of installations residing in this country.

About BooZaka?

BooZaka is an adware program designed to integrate with popular web browsers such as IE, Chrome, and Firefox. The primary purpose of the program is to generate advertising supported and affiliate revenue by displaying various ad formats within the user's browser. These ad formats may include banners, text-links, search related adverts, and malvertising, with the intention of enticing users to download additional bundled adware software. Furthermore, BooZaka has the capability to track and report the user's browsing behavior, including visited web pages and domains, as well as the interactions with displayed advertisements. This program may also modify the web browser's homepage and search provider, along with altering security settings to enable additional ad-supported functions within the browser. BooZaka is often distributed through bundled offers for free software, such as video utilities or updates, that are obtained from the Internet.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in BooZaka.

updateBooZaka.exe (MD5: 6b6f3dfdceb4730a45b0c8c08f0c210c) has been flagged by 34 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Adware.BrowseFox.BH
AhnLab-V3	2015.05.15.00	Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Adware.BrowseFox.BH
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:BrowseFox-DB [PUP]
AVG	15.0.0.4342	Generic.D06
Avira	8.3.1.6	ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware	1.5.0.21	Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.H
Bitdefender	7.2	Adware.BrowseFox.BH
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.FD21
CAT-QuickHeal	14.00	PUA.Boozaka.Gen
Cyren	5.4.16.7	W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado
Dr.Web	7.0.12.3050	Trojan.Yontoo.1734
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.5.0.636	Adware.BrowseFox.BH (B)
ESET-NOD32	11629	a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Adware/BrowseFox
F-Prot	4.7.1.166	W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Adware.BrowseFox.BH
G Data	25	Adware.BrowseFox.BH
K7 AntiVirus	9.203.15915	Adware ( 700000121 )
K7GW	9.203.15916	Adware ( 700000121 )
McAfee	6.0.5.614	BrowseFox-FTQ
McAfee-GW-Edition	v2015	BrowseFox-FTQ
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Adware.BrowseFox.BH
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.24.1357	Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
nProtect	2015-05-13.01	Adware.BrowseFox.BH
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Virus.Adware.708
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA GJ
Symantec	20141.2.0.56	Yontoo.C
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
Trend Micro	9.740.0.1012	TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EBB15
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EBB15
VIPRE Antivirus	40242	Yontoo (fs)