powerfulbrowseuntemp.exe

PowerfulBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application powerfulbrowseuntemp.exe 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 also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
PowerfulBrowse  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
4333944443c4bb1effb6b4b5edeba4bb

SHA-1:
bb735f44831e42f0b0e89f7af25d88d7e54aebda

SHA-256:
cdaa1f042277dd5d38ba96fc31477e49297362f3e0d021787a10f74f4122f61b

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:
4/16/2024 7:51:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.1.3.3

File size:
530.8 KB (543,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
PowerfulBrowse Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\powerfulbrowseuntemp.exe

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:
7/21/2014 1:09:54 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x82B2A

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.0890

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

Code size:
515 KB (527,360 bytes)

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