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utilbetterbrowse.exe

BetterBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilbetterbrowse.exe by BetterBrowse has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
BetterBrowse  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5463.15046

MD5:
056c4c4dd9dff95378d558daa311f2bc

SHA-1:
9bf853efb38f7dad4ecf2bf143488ca79ea59c15

SHA-256:
ff9e29cd970f06690d3cbba4bf95180cc367246255f23ccd3ec8519937d35d55

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 1:00:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.5.15

File size:
511.3 KB (523,560 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5463.15046

Original file name:
BetterBrowse2014121616.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\betterbrowse\bin\utilbetterbrowse.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BetterBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/27/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/28/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BetterBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BetterBrowse, 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:
12F4B87646B8BAF069AA302DE756FE85

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2014 4:21:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7F936

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

Code size:
502.5 KB (514,560 bytes)

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