BrowseStudio

BrowseStudio

Known Adware

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is BrowseStudio?

BrowseStudio is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 47.41% of installations running this operating system. BrowseStudio's installer is typically 3.00 MB in size and installs around 10 files. The most common release is 2014.11.21.222122 with 2.96% of all installations currently using this version.

BrowseStudio is most popular in the United States with 41.67% of installations residing in this country.

About BrowseStudio?

BrowseStudio is a web browser extension that delivers various types of advertising, usually bundled with third-party installers and download managers. This ad-supported program is compatible with Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox, and is designed to inject advertisements in the form of full banner ads and text-hyperlinks within the web pages the user visits. These ads are not associated with the underlying website and are injected by the adware through an extension, BHO, or plugin, depending on the browser. BrowseStudio targets user queries to deliver relevant ads.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in BrowseStudio.

updateBrowseStudio.exe (MD5: 25e9fa6746f0aeae7a9cb09b0eed6b5f) has been flagged by 37 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
ALYac Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-EN [PUP]
AVG Generic.905
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.aol
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.BH
Bitdefender Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.28B6
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren W32/S-7b6eb46a!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Yontoo.1734
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/BrowseFox
F-Prot W32/S-7b6eb46a!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS
G Data Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.MSIL.BrowseFox
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BrowseStudio.A
McAfee BrowseFox-FTQ
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.hm
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
nProtect Adware.SwiftBrowse.CS
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.240
Sophos Generic PUA GD
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R02KC0OA715
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R02KC0OA715
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updateBrowseStudio.exe runs as a service named 'Update BrowseStudio' (Update BrowseStudio).

Software Details

URL:
https://browsestudio.com/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\BrowseStudio
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\BrowseStudio\BrowseStudiouninstall.exe
Size:
3.00 MB
Language:
English

BrowseStudio Executable Details

Primary executable:
BrowseStudiobho.dll
Name:
BrowseStudio
Path:
C:\Program Files\BrowseStudio\BrowseStudiobho.dll
MD5:
02653ecfa7e868ad3eae3ecfea075fc9
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by BrowseStudio
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
BrowseStudioUn.exe
1cb68a4b0a06cf5bffcb04c3606803e6
EXE
updateBrowseStudio.exe
Malware
25e9fa6746f0aeae7a9cb09b0eed6b5f
EXE
BrowseStudioUninstall.exe
d15239ac333b096ee7aa4642d6ce71ba
DLL
BrowseStudiobho.dll
02653ecfa7e868ad3eae3ecfea075fc9
CRX
jgjmbhcobpbonhgbaaifecmdojkfapbk.crx
c824511db3d4ba022da4d26c657329a2
CRX
nleppkokcelhlekkhnkjbbdjphaldloi.crx
ed7bf943525453db1cbea463f147fcf3
CRX
appapdokfcoegimajfikadkgkfpicmdf.crx
3e52aac28e9b2bd9e22035602f65a497
CRX
ooeeliilpmaonodidficepghngjnjjce.crx
e7752e968d0f9ec185f24a4920cd64e9
CRX
gficojlapckepbplflckmpniplodckmc.crx
c79d933f4cae09e7e1460ae6a3c4e75f
CRX
bopkldoembhleihlknjnmppilpckfila.crx
a8645c46c969353cf0bb65d78a3087d6