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updater.exe

Greener Web

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updater.exe by Greener Web has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “UpdaterSvcGreenerWeb”. This file is typically installed with the program Greener Web by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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:
Greener Web  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.4

MD5:
66fc3e527bf7cdc91c32022d12c5f7e4

SHA-1:
d025e73ece4f543625698a21a10a4a1fc2d8ea05

SHA-256:
f3a4958fec21a030c3319bb646d2624dbd71f28c0821fccac1eeabac6d933cc8

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:11:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
927

AVG
Greenerweb
2015.0.3405

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14722

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
1.0.20.1015

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
8.14.07.22.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10105

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
11.2014-22-07_3

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
14.7.24

McAfee
Artemis!66FC3E527BF7
5600.7061

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AM
15.0.0.609

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GreenerWeb.H
14.7.22.15

Sophos
Generic PUA NA
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0713
7.2.203

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
31320

File size:
132.8 KB (135,968 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\greener web\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Greener Web

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/21/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Greener Web, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Greener Web, 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:
5AE1591EB6D76718ADCE211DFB4D195B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 3:16:53 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:yAZDAYrRXnn5N6T7pp1IMTuTjw/lj2ttUBm1j9AG7fRcZ+IH1nT0sWjcdL5fIVTv:yAJVJ6eCBgWG7fE7V3L5IVTHxiqU5Wr

Entry address:
0x9CFB

Entry point:
E8, 01, 70, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 08, 68, F8, B2, 41, 00, E8, 8F, 00, 00, 00, FF, 35, F4, E6, 41, 00, FF, 15, 88, 51, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 6A, 08, 68, D8, B2, 41, 00, E8, 57, 00, 00, 00, E8, 26, 3E, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 78, 85, C0, 74, 16, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, D0, EB, 07, 33, C0, 40, C3, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 13, 71, 00, 00, CC, E8, FE, 3D, 00, 00, 8B, 40, 7C, 85, C0...
 
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Code size:
79.5 KB (81,408 bytes)

Service
Display name:
UpdaterSvcGreenerWeb

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


The file updater.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Buzzdock  by Alactro LLC
This is a web browser extension that injects advertising. From the EULA: "Buzzdock is free to download and use. Buzzdock is supported by advertising, and users will see additional ads on websites where Buzzdock features operate.
www.buzzdock.com/faq-support
79% remove it
Greener Web  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
This adware software (a branded version of the morphing Yontoo adware browser addon) injects itself into the user's web browser (IE, Chrome and Firefox) and will display out-of context advertising on web sites that are not associated with Yontoo or its affiliate partners.
greenerweb.info/support
80% remove it
 
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