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youtubeaccelerator.exe

YouTube Accelerator

Goobzo Ltd

The application youtubeaccelerator.exe by Goobzo has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘GoobzoYouTubeAccelerator’.
Publisher:
GOOBZO  (signed by Goobzo Ltd)

Product:
YouTube Accelerator

Version:
3.3.8.9

MD5:
0b864ef18bacd7869c5d52b768514389

SHA-1:
56fa683944e03e53ed8bf8808962c420cbe2d4dc

SHA-256:
455eecd8ea333b458b1bc58738291a8e843ebf4db6398839987daa83cf35db4e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:45:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Goobzo (M)
17.2.17.18

File size:
2.1 MB (2,226,120 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.8.9

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 GOOBZO Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\youtube accelerator\youtubeaccelerator.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Goobzo Ltd

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/3/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/5/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Goobzo Ltd, O=Goobzo Ltd, L=Haifa, S=HAIFA, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3C3E526E4FC7FCA9432F2BC6F34C86A5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/5/2014 12:06:38 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
83.82

Entry address:
0x193C0F

Entry point:
E8, E0, D7, 00, 00, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A4, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 1F, 83, 3D, 04, 04, 60, 00, 00, 74, 16, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 08, 5E, 5F, 5D, E9, A8, D8, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 15, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 2A, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 94, 3D, 59, 00, 90, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72...
 
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Code size:
708 KB (724,992 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
GoobzoYouTubeAccelerator

Command:
"C:\Program Files\youtube accelerator\youtubeaccelerator.exe" \startup


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