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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:
0e384c3e592fc72c754cd21b1647166a

SHA-1:
fa13e39751d8f497f8b98000bff8078c9a997549

SHA-256:
062a610ebcde996184bf0d7ec7160a2bb704804b23460ff5fa82ea56cae5af64

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 4:40:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.5.3

File size:
526.5 KB (539,104 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/18/2016 5:59:59 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:
8/26/2015 10:09:33 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x42E0F

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:
6.3303

Code size:
391.5 KB (400,896 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
News Alert

Display publisher:
Useful Technology

Display version:
2.7.75

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


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