Threat Database Adware BrowseSuggest Ads

BrowseSuggest Ads

By GoldSparrow in Adware
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Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 80 % (High)
Infected Computers: 499
First Seen: March 18, 2016
Last Seen: October 13, 2026
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The BrowseSuggest browser extension is a program that is offered to power-users that need more than the traditional search options found on Google and Yahoo. The BrowseSuggest extension is advertised as a search enhancer that is similar to Fast-Search and KP Search Bear. The BrowseSuggest extension may be useful to users that want to explore results in several mediums at a time. The BrowseSuggest extension may help Web surfers receive video, image and text results when typing a search term simultaneously. You may find the BrowseSuggest extension in freeware packages and free software distribution platforms. The BrowseSuggest browser extension may change your default search provider to Way-search.net, which is associated with a browser hijacker. Security authorities reveal that the BrowseSuggest application is adware and may record your input on social media and use your browsing history to show personalized marketing content on your browser surface.

The BrowseSuggest adware may not appear in your 'Control Panel' and function as a portable executable. The executable of the BrowseSuggest adware may be registered as a startup service in Windows and users may be presented with a pop-up window with commercials right after booting into Windows. The BrowseSuggest adware may build an advertising profile about you based on your Internet surfing history, bookmarked sites and recently downloaded files to show related deals, offers, coupons, and discounts. Online shoppers that value the recommendations at Amazon and Best Buy and are affected by the BrowseSuggest adware may be provided with tempting offers from untrusted merchants. Moreover, the BrowseSuggest adware may load pop-under windows loaded with phishing messages that direct users to log-in on Facebook and PayPal to secure their accounts. The pop-up and pop-under windows by BrowseSuggest may not have an address field and make it hard for users to determine the legitimacy of security alerts from trusted online services. Security authorities remind users that the developers of the BrowseSuggest adware do not value your safety, and you may be suggested to install potentially harmful software like CpuMiner. Problems with the BrowseSuggest adware can be resolved by applying a system-wide can with a reputable anti-malware utility easily.

Analysis Report

General information

Family Name: Trojan.Mapstosteal.A
Signature status: No Signature

Known Samples

MD5: ea45599489d21aa5207e014db0561684
SHA1: 3978e9570979515abf56b7df4d6cdb3f8b2905b2
SHA256: A5BACC0CC0E1E0E1BC941BA6E11154B4AC339BAD1555621C46D8355790A474B6
File Size: 8.50 MB, 8503296 bytes
MD5: 5653487138cc6c550a80ce065130b8b3
SHA1: b260b9bf90bb11274185a53613d1430c7e3e0e9d
SHA256: 7B00B7D94596868A22150BA0503525735C43EB592724625C1779E3A7E275ED86
File Size: 8.50 MB, 8503296 bytes
MD5: 4b22849b88dbe5d0224f9f7981bfabaf
SHA1: 0876fdd9fa06a74442d602e3164101f286ef5926
SHA256: 468DEFAAD5C69EB85391D4CFFC02F0DF45F9D45BA1C2E4E68135C587A7A21111
File Size: 8.50 MB, 8503296 bytes

Windows Portable Executable Attributes

  • File doesn't have "Rich" header
  • File doesn't have debug information
  • File doesn't have relocations information
  • File has exports table
  • File is 32-bit executable
  • File is either console or GUI application
  • File is GUI application (IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI)
  • File is Native application (NOT .NET application)
  • File is not packed
  • IMAGE_FILE_DLL is not set inside PE header (Executable)
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  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE is set inside PE header (Executable Image)

File Icons

Windows PE Version Information

Name Value
Company Name Wizet
File Description MapleStory
File Version 1, 0, 0, 1
Internal Name MapleStory
Legal Copyright Copyright ⓒ 2003
Original Filename MapleStory.exe
Product Name Wizet MapleStory
Product Version 1, 0, 0, 1

File Traits

  • x86

Block Information

Total Blocks: 8,988
Potentially Malicious Blocks: 7,015
Whitelisted Blocks: 1,924
Unknown Blocks: 49

Visual Map

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0 - Probable Safe Block
? - Unknown Block
x - Potentially Malicious Block

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