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betterbrowse.browseradapter.exe

BetterBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application betterbrowse.browseradapter.exe by BetterBrowse has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
BetterBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
76857441b5f7ab84f993793e97723d45

SHA-1:
4f212fe6200b71762e1ba7af601a998801d4a14b

SHA-256:
39dab4f1a20b484f5ebab5d04bb6cebe9bb951a87d5f1f3303d8a3131ad4e451

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
12/3/2024 6:00:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.18

File size:
96.3 KB (98,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\betterbrowse\bin\betterbrowse.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BetterBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/27/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
9/28/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BetterBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BetterBrowse, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
12F4B87646B8BAF069AA302DE756FE85

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/4/2014 4:41:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x3665

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 50, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, BF, CC, 63, 41, 00, BE, F4, 11, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, FC, 11, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4080

Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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