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Useful Technology

The application uninstall.exe 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 the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program News Alert by Useful Technology.
Publisher:
Useful Technology  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6dad38530d80dd1106eaaf4a57137ff9

SHA-1:
483f88c8e259d10808075e7d9405c034b065d922

SHA-256:
e0441f35a2401f126b2f0989bf5fec40ebbb1fd970e40b766cc408f1f0888a19

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:
11/15/2024 2:52:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.6.0

File size:
524.5 KB (537,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\breakingnewsalert\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Technology

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/18/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/19/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
3/30/2015 10:56:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x429CF

Entry point:
E8, F0, D4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, EC, 84, 47, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 60, 60, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, EC, 84, 47, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3256

Code size:
390.5 KB (399,872 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
News Alert

Display publisher:
Useful Technology

Display version:
2.7.63

Uninstall string:
C:\ProgramData\BreakingNewsAlert\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=1


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