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neurowiseuninstall.exe

TessView

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application neurowiseuninstall.exe by TessView has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program neurowise by neurowise. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
TessView  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac4d2580f98aa981970952c3c2c2dcc9

SHA-1:
7bdd64e24385f012224fc9267d29192416fd2af7

SHA-256:
7f8bd6b944f50276c34d05378b5e941a97ff4267e83601614e48cb6ac295773a

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is the installer/uninstaller for the Yontoo branded (neurowise) adware program. The main protgram is desigend to deliver advertisements to the user's web browser through injection.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:26:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
BrowseFox-EY [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3254

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox
8.10911

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.TessView.S
14.12.21.11

File size:
254.4 KB (260,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\neurowise\neurowiseuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TessView

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/3/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TessView, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TessView, 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:
3F35E503136B53896D71C7902553287E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mZ+11erwBy/1RWBT5aI0kMVqWOsCrwZm/G/Hclv:4sBs1s15aIDupep/G/8B

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8677

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
neurowise

Display publisher:
neurowise

Display version:
2014.12.21.082142

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\neurowise\neurowiseuninstall.exe


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