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BreakingNewsAlertInstall.exe

News Alert

Useful Technology

The application BreakingNewsAlertInstall.exe, “BreakingNewsAlert Install” by Useful Technology has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Useful Technology  (signed and verified)

Product:
News Alert

Description:
BreakingNewsAlert Install

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
6717247dd1bf952e91485adc93f0595a

SHA-1:
b278d4291c4ea1fc0f5c2b8f197d79f174ff8280

SHA-256:
be52ddbb37dfd65e60d5d293fb0bb51a6d714956a5039fbd59b5cc2b7b9c9593

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:26:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.2.4

File size:
2.7 MB (2,846,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Useful Technology 2015

Original file name:
BreakingNewsAlertInstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\breakingnewsalertinstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Technology

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/17/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/18/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Useful Technology, O=Useful Technology, L=St. Michael, S=St. Michael, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
70428C7452B26287E6E3026766B88029

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2015 10:47:13 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x2B682E

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

Code size:
2.7 MB (2,836,992 bytes)

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