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powerfulbrowse.purbrowse64.exe

PowerfulBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application powerfulbrowse.purbrowse64.exe by PowerfulBrowse has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
PowerfulBrowse  (signed and verified)

MD5:
964ce42683fbd3f44e958538715b9aba

SHA-1:
039e0e8f017927a151c2d39bca844a3ca8bd1c02

SHA-256:
5c8593a382b1faa50ca7b9d67e8e820bd9bba621f75d471a1e1dadd48ba1a120

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 11:49:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.26.17

File size:
280.3 KB (287,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\powerfulbrowse\bin\powerfulbrowse.purbrowse64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PowerfulBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/29/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PowerfulBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PowerfulBrowse, 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:
0D18FDCF326B0F33033260BCD44C1918

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2014 3:43:01 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x201A0

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 53, 77, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 10, 48, 89, 7C, 24, 18, 55, 48, 8B, EC, 48, 83, EC, 60, 48, 8B, FA, 48, 8B, D9, 48, 8D, 4D, C0, 48, 8D, 15, E9, 04, 01, 00, 41, B8, 40, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8E, E4, FF, FF, 48, 8D, 55, 10, 48, 8B, CF, 48, 89, 5D, E8, 48, 89, 7D, F0, E8, 0E, 99, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, D8, 48, 89, 45, 10, 48, 89, 45, F8, 48, 85, FF, 74, 1B, F6, 07, 08, B9, 00, 40, 99, 01, 74, 05, 89, 4D, E0, EB, 0C, 8B, 45, E0, 4D, 85, DB, 0F, 44, C1, 89, 45...
 
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Entropy:
6.3021

Code size:
185 KB (189,440 bytes)

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