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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 a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. 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:
36ce73615b5de8941d7830d84b286b0d

SHA-1:
58c602065590fc9f8e3f47081345b3a95138466f

SHA-256:
a60d8bea1b6caa0a496eab5f5df6f84dc23f8e866c677cacb51ad3f861540b98

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 4:16:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.15.22

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:
2/17/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/18/2016 9:59:59 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:
4/7/2015 8:25:57 PM

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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Code size:
390.5 KB (399,872 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
News Alert

Display publisher:
Useful Technology

Display version:
2.7.65

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


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