BrowseFox

BrowseFox

Known Adware

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is BrowseFox?

BrowseFox is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 63.76% of installations running this operating system. BrowseFox's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 15 files. The most common release is 1.0.0 with 60.29% of all installations currently using this version.

BrowseFox is most popular in the United States with 29.85% of installations residing in this country.

About BrowseFox?

This software is a web browser extension and Browser Helper Object specifically designed for Internet Explorer. Its primary function is to deliver contextual-based advertising within the web browser. Additionally, it has the ability to modify the user's browser home and search pages, as well as 'New Tab' pages in order to display advertising and search results. This software is categorized as adware and is often labeled as unwanted by multiple malware vendors. It is distributed by various bundleware vendors, including FIRSERIA and CoolMirage Ltd., and is commonly found on questionable download sites such as down324.com, fakdmr.com, and hd-plugins.com, among others.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in BrowseFox.

updateBrowseFox.exe (MD5: 0637bc7c027f4b8cf0cc80c8b7db0cc6) has been flagged by 23 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-BH [PUP]
AVG Generic.CC3
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.aLo
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
Dr.Web Trojan.BPlug.250
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Kranet
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 0049f7ad1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0049f7ad1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BrowseFox.A
McAfee BrowseFox.c
McAfee-GW-Edition BrowseFox.c
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.708
Sophos Generic PUA DI
Symantec Trojan.ADH.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJJ14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJJ14
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo (fs)
BrowseFoxBHO.dll (MD5: ff1167d312600a378bfdfa4f8f5dc7b1) has been flagged by 23 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG MalSign.Skodna.BrowseFox
Dr.Web Adware.Searcher.2574
ESET-NOD32 Win32/BrowseFox.A
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BrowseFox.A
McAfee Artemis!FF1167D31260
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!FF1167D31260
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0908
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo (fs)
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-BH [PUP]
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.aLo
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Kranet
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 0049f7ad1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0049f7ad1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.708
Sophos Generic PUA DI
Symantec Trojan.ADH.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJJ14

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updateBrowseFox.exe runs as a service named 'Update BrowseFox' (Update BrowseFox).

Software Details

URL:
https://browsefox.com/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\BrowseFox
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\BrowseFox\BrowseFoxuninstall.exe
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

BrowseFox Executable Details

Primary executable:
BrowseFoxBHO.dll
Name:
BrowseFox
Path:
C:\Program Files\BrowseFox\BrowseFoxBHO.dll
MD5:
ff1167d312600a378bfdfa4f8f5dc7b1
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by BrowseFox
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
BrowseFoxozr.exe
44fa220c25888b11db81aa6f90362c6e
EXE
opc.exe
050bf57a8779c7a607a364e326f2ebb0
EXE
BrowseFoxUn.exe
08489cfcb0523cf9e3c55ba25f294f4f
CRX
GCClient.crx
c2e2f2306b72bc139bd5b70e8c94993a
CRX
ppdjnkblmcjfnlogjjhpigpdgpcgdpll.crx
555dbdcd3521b10c10b343ec145841c9