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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:
1.0.5368.34538

MD5:
c8a0c0bf3b14b9c85fc06b36bea0eefb

SHA-1:
5335296f421033c38428eb955cf2606acd23e41c

SHA-256:
6b042e3fc15ac3f6efcfb0dc6c14651d0f3443aaad26418a706ea71d956f5fc2

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 8:47:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.PowerfulBrowse (M)
15.12.23.18

File size:
871.3 KB (892,200 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5368.34538

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 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/29/2015 4:59:59 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:
9/12/2014 1:11:26 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pyQQ86kP1hxYUcsxUHPdYVzug74R2sFmBXIb1SZfweriWzhAlc3dIBFeRue:pyQQnotcsxAsv74Rh1Sier7A0ue

Entry address:
0xD9A8A

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9170

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

Code size:
863 KB (883,712 bytes)

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