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utilkingbrowse.exe

KingBrowse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilkingbrowse.exe by KingBrowse has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
KingBrowse  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5271.38227

MD5:
c41d4c6bf7a96c14d53cf563252588f9

SHA-1:
63c2cba93da9e05f7b47c2fb5b801e45e4ec4bfd

SHA-256:
7548b850e33984e475bd63febfa9ad900e26f04ce2d78b72791c2ccb6f2d142e

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:
4/26/2024 3:53:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.9.17

File size:
310.3 KB (317,728 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5271.38227

Original file name:
KingBrowse.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\kingbrowse\bin\utilkingbrowse.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
KingBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/10/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=KingBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=KingBrowse, L=San Diego, 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:
670CAB2C338090653CEA8172D5DB1E34

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/8/2014 12:14:28 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x4D5BE

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

Code size:
301.5 KB (308,736 bytes)

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