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akrbgaqv.exe

News Alert

Useful Technology

The application akrbgaqv.exe, “BreakingNewsAlert” by Useful Technology has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Useful Technology  (signed and verified)

Product:
News Alert

Description:
BreakingNewsAlert

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
b8b0bb438ee13abf40ba08a9a50989dd

SHA-1:
67da013f6e7427565c383c7e34aa620820eb92ed

SHA-256:
43ef35182d6c6ae5af5845555565bf93b83b7f871cad7c5f0301a8b1dc3394b9

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:
5/26/2024 3:16:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.6.22

File size:
47 KB (48,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Useful Technology 2015

Original file name:
BreakingNewsAlert.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\cjvqsmtfw\dat\akrbgaqv.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Useful Technology

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/18/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/19/2016 5:29:59 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:
7/25/2015 8:41:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xB83E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.6738

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

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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