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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 self-extracting archive and installer 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:
e5511d9b9861280890edd3083f5da0fb

SHA-1:
dc93d771f176a1a1b1154ffa5fb854e3968a33d5

SHA-256:
6871e83c74afe4ba834850ed1703a23a0d064fc5e7b94af8b263af9a6a6f6a64

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 4:28:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.26.19

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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/19/2016 12:59:59 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:
5/1/2015 6:41:02 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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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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