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powerfulbrowseun.exe

PowerfulBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application powerfulbrowseun.exe by PowerfulBrowse has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program PowerfulBrowse by PowerfulBrowse.
Publisher:
PowerfulBrowse  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
6b7c066e8a8e51794bbec660d95f43d4

SHA-1:
4fd8d2fc875b22d1f93f5cba4297056f816af6e9

SHA-256:
8e0900bd86d4f967e02375ae6dc8cb476cdf609804a7e44a17cf5d079861c7d2

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 12:55:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.11.27.10

File size:
530.8 KB (543,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
PowerfulBrowse Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\powerfulbrowse\powerfulbrowseun.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PowerfulBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/29/2015 4:59:59 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:
6/30/2014 9:36:21 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:YAGoJRMQ+8gESPi3jnP3s5LV/X1rmNCSm1J7VNaOEbMEWQuU9aCSoUNwrXbRIoYB:YAu1AiLfrBSgZVNKpU+VlQ

Entry address:
0x82B2A

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...
 
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Entropy:
6.0931

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

Code size:
515 KB (527,360 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PowerfulBrowse

Display publisher:
PowerfulBrowse

Display version:
2014.07.09.040522

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\PowerfulBrowse\PowerfulBrowseUn.exe REP_


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