Should I remove Box Rock?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
83% remove it17% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #23,592
United States Rank #35,117
Reach 0.0079%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
Average installed length: 52.32 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2015.03.11.120402 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.03.11.070401 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.03.09.110456 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.03.08.150453 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.03.06.180458 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.03.04.230406 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.03.02.180332 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.03.01.070327 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.26.220330 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.26.120328 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.25.010328 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.24.150324 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.24.050324 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.20.012534 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.18.092528 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.18.042529 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.15.162525 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.14.052520 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.14.002517 |
1.29% |
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| 2015.02.13.192516 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.06.202445 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.06.152444 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.06.102442 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.05.192439 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.05.142438 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.05.042437 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.02.03.162418 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.31.132407 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.29.162402 |
1.29% |
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| 2015.01.28.142344 |
2.58% |
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| 2015.01.28.092342 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.28.042342 |
1.29% |
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| 2015.01.27.082339 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.26.072334 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.26.022333 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.25.162332 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.25.112331 |
1.29% |
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| 2015.01.25.062330 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.24.152330 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.23.182335 |
1.29% |
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| 2015.01.23.132336 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.23.032334 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.22.122331 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.21.212326 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.21.062326 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.21.012325 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.20.202324 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.20.002320 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.19.142320 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.19.092320 |
0.65% |
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| 2015.01.18.132313 |
0.65% |
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| 122 versions |
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Box Rock
What is Box Rock?
Box Rock is an adware program (supported by various types of advertising) that is usually bundled by third party installers and download managers. Once installed, this ad-supported web browser extension will run within the context of the user's browser (supports Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox) and is primarily designed to inject advertisements in a number of formats within the web pages the user is visiting. Ad insertion takes place in the form of both full banner adverts as well as text-hyperlinks that are injected over existing HTML content. As for the banners, these are either inserted within existing white space in the rendered HTML or by overwriting the pages ads. In either case, these ads are not associated by the underlying website and are simply injected by the adware through an extension, BHO or plugin depending on the browser.
Summary of this adware's functions:
- Installs a web browser extension
- Injects ads within the underlying webpage
- Ads appear as banners or inline text advertisements
- Ads are targeted to queries the user makes
- Tracks web pages visited, search terms and domains
About (from Yontoo Technology)
Website navigation is enhanced with Box Rock.
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- Installs a Windows Service
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Box Rock.
| BoxRockbho.dll (29cae09b55db3b256ad5590fdb672ac8) has been flagged by the following 42 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
Riskware.Agent |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2015.08.15 |
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| Antiy-AVL |
1.0.0.1 |
GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.SwiftBrowse |
| Arcabit |
1.0.0.425 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| avast! |
2014.9-150817 |
Win32:BrowseFox-EZ [PUP] |
| AVG |
2016.0.3015 |
AdPlugin |
| Avira |
8.3.1.6 |
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Yontoo |
| Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15817 |
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.AE |
| Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1145 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| Bkav FE |
1.3.0.7062 |
W32.BrowseFoxAC.Adware |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
8.15.14.00 |
PUA.Boxrock.Gen |
| Comodo Security |
23007 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Cyren |
5.4.16.7 |
W32/S-f64f6ec1!Eldorado |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0229 |
Trojan.Yontoo.1734 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.15.08.17.10 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9.12095 |
a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted |
| F-Prot |
v6.4.7.1.166 |
W32/S-f64f6ec1 |
| F-Secure |
11.2015-17-08_2 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| G Data |
15.8.25 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.9.5.0 |
PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin |
KV150817 |
AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dxt |
| K7 AntiVirus |
13.2016899 |
Trojan |
| K7GW |
13.2016898 |
Trojan ( 004b55d71 ) |
| Malwarebytes |
v2015.08.17.10 |
PUP.Optional.BoxRock.A |
| McAfee |
5600.6671 |
Artemis!29CAE09B55DB |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6671 |
Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.687 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.30.24.3079 |
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo |
| nProtect |
15.08.13.01 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| Panda Antivirus |
15.08.17.10 |
Trj/CI.A |
| Rising Antivirus |
23.00.65.15815 |
PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B |
| Sophos |
4.98 |
Generic PUA AL (PUA) |
| SUPERAntiSpyware |
9686 |
PUP.PePatch/Variant |
| Symantec |
8/17/2015 rev. 2 |
SAPE.Yontoo.dc |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.17 |
ADW_BROWFOX |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.229 |
ADW_BROWFOX |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.26.4 |
AdWare.MSIL.Agent |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
42882 |
Yontoo |
| Zillya |
2.0.0.2351 |
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.66438 |
| updateBoxRock.exe (176ff89d619876fafc9c76318fac2875) has been flagged by the following 35 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
12.0.163.0 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| AhnLab-V3 |
2015.07.27.00 |
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| Arcabit |
1.0.0.425 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| avast! |
8.0.1489.320 |
Win32:BrowseFox-EZ [PUP] |
| AVG |
15.0.0.4392 |
Generic.0BC |
| Avira |
8.3.1.6 |
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7 |
| AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Adware.BrowseFox |
| Baidu-International |
3.5.1.41473 |
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.H |
| Bitdefender |
7.2 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| Bkav FE |
1.3.0.6979 |
W32.HfsAdware.E3EB |
| CAT-QuickHeal |
14.00 |
PUA.Boxrock.Gen |
| Comodo Security |
22871 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Cyren |
5.4.16.7 |
W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado |
| Dr.Web |
7.0.13.5270 |
Trojan.Yontoo.1734 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.5.0.642 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT (B) |
| ESET-NOD32 |
12000 |
a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted |
| Fortinet FortiGate |
5.1.220.0 |
Adware/BrowseFox |
| F-Prot |
4.7.1.166 |
W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado |
| F-Secure |
11.0.19100.45 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| G Data |
25 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| K7 AntiVirus |
9.207.16684 |
Adware ( 700000121 ) |
| K7GW |
9.207.16684 |
Adware ( 700000121 ) |
| Malwarebytes |
2.1.1.1115 |
PUP.Optional.BoxRock.A |
| McAfee |
6.0.5.614 |
BrowseFox-FTQ |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
v2015 |
BrowseFox-FTQ |
| MicroWorld-eScan |
12.0.250.0 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| NANO AntiVirus |
0.30.24.2668 |
Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri |
| nProtect |
2015-07-23.01 |
Adware.BrowseFox.AT |
| Panda Antivirus |
4.6.4.2 |
PUP/BoxRock |
| Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
Win32/Virus.Adware.708 |
| Sophos |
4.98.0 |
Generic PUA PD |
| Symantec |
20141.2.0.56 |
Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
TROJ_GEN.R02KC0EAP15 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
42364 |
Adware.BrowseFox |
View all 77 all detections
Box Rock has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
Displayed publisher: Box Rock
URL: boxrock.info/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Box Rock
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Box Rock\BoxRockuninstall.exe
Estimated size: 3.02 MB
Files installed by Box Rock
| Program executable: | updateBoxRock.exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\Box Rock\updateBoxRock.exe |
| MD5: | 088c64b10a7694c7ee5fc841d3bd8708 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) BoxRockbho.dll - Box Rock
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BoxRockUn.exe
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BoxRockUninstall.exe
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updateBoxRock.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- BoxRockbho.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Box Rock 1.0.0.7' with the class of {464deeb8-b74f-4117-b8ec-e42f4028f3d1}.
Service
- updateBoxRock.exe runs as a service named 'Update Box Rock' (Update Box Rock).
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- updateBoxRock.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Box Rock\updateBoxRock.exe'.
How do I remove Box Rock?
You can uninstall Box Rock from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Box Rock, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Box Rock.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Box Rock you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 46%
Win Vista (SP2) 1%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
 |
Uninstall it 83%
Keep it 17%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
60.90% |
|
| Windows 10 |
33.97% |
|
| Windows XP |
3.85% |
|
| Windows Vista |
1.28% |
|
Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
26.45% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
18.06% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.19% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
14.19% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
8.39% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
3.87% |
|
Geography
19.39% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
19.39% |
| India |
7.27% |
| Canada |
4.24% |
| Egypt |
4.24% |
| DZ |
4.24% |
| Greece |
3.64% |
| Indonesia |
3.64% |
| MA |
3.64% |
| Romania |
3.03% |
| Italy |
3.03% |
| Philippines |
3.03% |
| Iran |
2.42% |
| United Kingdom |
2.42% |
| IQ |
1.82% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
27.88% |
|
| Dell |
19.23% |
|
| Acer |
15.38% |
|
| Lenovo |
14.42% |
|
| ASUS |
8.65% |
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| Toshiba |
6.73% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.81% |
|
| Samsung |
1.92% |
|
| Sahara |
0.96% |
|
Common models |
| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
2.83% |
|
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.83% |
|
| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
2.83% |
|
| HP 630 Notebook PC |
1.89% |
|
| TOSHIBA Satellite E305 |
1.89% |
|
| Gigabyte G31M-ES2L |
1.89% |
|
About Yontoo Technology
Yontoo, a subsidiary/alias of ad-hijacker Sambreel, is a publisher of ad-supported web browser extensions designed to inject and display advertisements within the browser.
Publisher URL: www.yontoo.com