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BetterBrowse.exe

BetterBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file BetterBrowse.exe by BetterBrowse has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program BetterBrowse by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
BetterBrowse  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5204.19294

MD5:
7bc1a0f6d8aaa89540f141e1ef5ef3ed

SHA-1:
5894d47355861dfaa4efb67f6d298078fbff9bdd

SHA-256:
35c66cf69f6540cedecbf41479c219f7d374742a2e15538b9dec86df16f96795

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:
12/24/2024 1:12:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.11.0

File size:
342.3 KB (350,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5204.19294

Original file name:
BetterBrowse.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\betterbrowse\bin\tmp50fe.tmp

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:
4/1/2014 5:13:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x5555E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.0776

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
333.5 KB (341,504 bytes)

The file BetterBrowse.exe has been discovered within the following program.

BetterBrowse  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
This is a web browser extension that will modify the user's home and search providers as well as display contextual and popup advertising in the browser.
betterbrowse.net/support
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