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PowerfulBrowse.BrowserAdapter.dll

PowerfulBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module PowerfulBrowse.BrowserAdapter.dll 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:
1.0.5334.28143

MD5:
8a2abad850978c2dd37144304fc16071

SHA-1:
3c695fb0473a510f121000cd41421a9133a02c47

SHA-256:
64b960597cdc5d26da8faa4319a6eaa254a6dbf68b8fe1eeae9592154accd75b

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:
4/23/2024 2:17:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
16.12.10.8

File size:
717.8 KB (735,016 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5334.28143

Original file name:
PowerfulBrowse.BrowserAdapter.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\powerfulbrowse\bin\plugins\powerfulbrowse.browseradapter.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PowerfulBrowse

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:
8/9/2014 12:38:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xB3586

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.8658

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

Code size:
709.5 KB (726,528 bytes)

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