SunriseBrowse - 27% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by SunriseBrowse? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.278 and Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV. The detection rate for the SunriseBrowse files collected here is 27%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see SunriseBrowse when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view additional details from the SunriseBrowse certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the SunriseBrowse file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by SunriseBrowse:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by SunriseBrowse and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also examine the address for SunriseBrowse, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the SunriseBrowse certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
SunriseBrowse Files
The following are the SunriseBrowse files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the SunriseBrowse files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.BrowseFox.AF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV |
| AVG | BrowseFox.F, Generic.278, Generic6.DAP |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Adware.SwiftBrowse, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.BrowseFox.AF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, Riskware.NetFilter!, Riskware.Agent!, PUA.Yotoon!, PUA.SwiftBrowse!, PUA.BrowseFox! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse, Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse, Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse.R117090, Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.bfm, GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.NetFilter.a |
| Arcabit | PUP.Adware.SunriseBrowse |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP], Win32:BrowseFox-HC [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen, Adware/BrowseFox.aoh, ADWARE/BrowseFox.aoh, Adware/BrowseFox.A.282, Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227 |
| Baidu | Win32.Adware.BrowseFox.f |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.axB, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bV, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BF, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bO |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.BrowseFox.AF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Bkav | W32.ArtemisJwlvlA.Trojan |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdWare.Yotoon.A5, PUA.Sunrisebro.Gen |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-284, Win.Adware.Agent-22685, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-298, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Netfilter-183, Win.Adware.Netfilter-134 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.B, ApplicUnwnt |
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_100% (D) |
| Cyren | W64/A-abca7297!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.168, Tool.NetFilter.1, Trojan.BPlug.281, Trojan.Yontoo.1734, Tool.NetFilter.313 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, Win32/BrowseFox.V, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.F potentially unwanted, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.F |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV (B), Adware.BrowseFox.AF (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B) |
| Endgame | malicious (high confidence) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-de841313!Eldorado, W64/A-abca7297!Eldorado, W32/A-248e95ab!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.BrowseFox.AF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.BrowseFox.AF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Ikarus | AdWare.BrowseFox, AdWare.SwiftBrowse, not-a-virus:RiskTool.NetFilter, PUA.BrowseFox |
| Invincea | generic.a |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.g |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Adware ( 004b96731 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Adware ( 004b96731 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SunriseBrowse.A, PUP.Optional.SwiftBrowse, PUP.Optional.BrowseFox |
| McAfee | Artemis!BDC1F932D2E5, BrowseFox-FTR, BrowseFox-FBB, Artemis!DA7FCC4E535A |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!BDC1F932D2E5, BrowseFox-FTR, BrowseFox-FBB |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.BrowseFox.AF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Microsoft | BrowserModifier:Win32/Foxiebro |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc, Riskware.Win64.BPlug.dvtorf, Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.denstu, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c, Win32/Virus.Adware.720, Win32/Virus.Adware.618 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.SwiftBrowse, Adware.NetFilter/Variant |
| SentinelOne | static engine - malicious |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R047C0PCP17 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R047C0PCP17, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0820 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Yotoon, AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox |
| ViRobot | Adware.Browsefox.44696.E[h] |
| Webroot | Pua.Superweb |
| Yandex | Riskware.NetFilter! |
| Zillya | Adware.Kranet.Win32.476, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.13, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.6, Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Trojan-Clicker/W32.Yotoon.123640, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 718 scan reports for the SunriseBrowse files. 193 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 0eb7b556e015257902a5c4786a7bea23