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utilpowerfulbrowse.exe

PowerfulBrowse

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

Version:
1.0.5935.33589

MD5:
484d56dffc81660c64bef89132b0456b

SHA-1:
805848679ca07acadb9107734bc98133b60d6c18

SHA-256:
8f092018021cc5a565f289f5296401173530135d4a92bad6ea39acdc1aa0b22c

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:
12/25/2024 12:05:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.18.13

File size:
647.2 KB (662,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5935.33589

Original file name:
PowerfulBrowse2016040202.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\powerfulbrowse\bin\utilpowerfulbrowse.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PowerfulBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/17/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/16/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PowerfulBrowse, O=PowerfulBrowse, 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:
5BD9F675D1AB6190F2C5638516563F26

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2016 7:39:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xA197A

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.1938

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

Code size:
638.5 KB (653,824 bytes)

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