6c4f4263-1a11-448f-b59b-ad18e265ec0c.dll

PowerfulBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module 6c4f4263-1a11-448f-b59b-ad18e265ec0c.dll by PowerfulBrowse has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘PowerfulBrowse’. This file is typically installed with the program PowerfulBrowse by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
PowerfulBrowse  (signed and verified)

Product:
PowerfulBrowse

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
efbc200445ef7c4930dc3b2b2fc5694b

SHA-1:
96fcefcc04537f31ef49f772c3d7d64b2497d54a

SHA-256:
322ab65b918c72474bdb38c9de81f75e9945cd4f8d883e51241ffa131845924a

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:
4/26/2024 7:56:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.PowerfulBrowse (M)
16.2.6.21

File size:
243.8 KB (249,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
(c) PowerfulBrowse. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PowerfulBrowseIEClient.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\powerfulbrowse\6c4f4263-1a11-448f-b59b-ad18e265ec0c.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/29/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PowerfulBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
0D18FDCF326B0F33033260BCD44C1918

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2014 7:08:28 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:WIw1yPOiZZgSTwbdrA6AJplml82CBMATsOYF8oZSH+KzGIaIyZBGZSsP9:WIwGZoJyJpvMqbYIMMEsP9

Entry address:
0x12844

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 50, 2D, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 84, 68, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, AC, A1, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.3712

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
PowerfulBrowse

CLSID:
{2d2873ba-db4e-4e29-8619-e16cf86fb9bb}


The file 6c4f4263-1a11-448f-b59b-ad18e265ec0c.dll has been discovered within the following programs.

PowerfulBrowse  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
PowerfulBrowse is an adware browser extension that will display banner and text-context link ads aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products.
powerfulbrowse.com/support
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