YouTube Accelerator

YouTube Accelerator

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by Goobzo Ltd.

What is YouTube Accelerator?

YouTube Accelerator is software application developed by Goobzo Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 65.30% of installations running this operating system. YouTube Accelerator's installer is typically 12.00 MB in size and installs around 22 files. The most common release is 3394(build_88) with 28.22% of all installations currently using this version.

YouTube Accelerator is most popular in the United States with 35.71% of installations residing in this country.

YouTube Accelerator adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, YouTube Accelerator is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About YouTube Accelerator?

Our software bundles various browser tools and features designed to customize and enhance the user's browsing experience, including download buttons, graphics, and interactive content. The software is free to use and is supported by advertising. We have dedicated significant time and effort to develop this software, and in order to continue offering it for free, users agree to view ads that are intended to provide value, such as price comparison, coupon offers, and cash back rewards.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in YouTube Accelerator.

Updater.exe (MD5: 96257545e464d8e48a767dca7158ab18) has been flagged by 35 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.Agent!
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.ShopperPro.bA
Bitdefender Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
Commtouch SDK W32/Trojan.ROGN-4097
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ShopperPro.A
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/ShopperPro
F-Secure Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
G Data Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 00499b181 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00499b181 )
McAfee RDN/Generic PUP.x!ch3
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Generic PUP.x!ch3
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.TP.ddalhg
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16EFE4CA!384820426
Symantec Goobzo
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OGF14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OGF14
VIPRE Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
avast! Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVG Skodna.A8D
Dr.Web Adware.Downware.6419
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Agent.bx
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Panda Antivirus Trj/Chgt.D
Sophos AppRider
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen.Symmi
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Wqcv
Avira AntiVir HEUR/Patched.Ren
F-Prot W32/Sality.E.gen!Eldorado
YTAUninstall.exe (MD5: d0a905c4dbb627779c7395f63e4695e4) has been flagged by 29 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVG Skodna.A8D
AVware Goobzo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.NSIS.Agent.AdKw
Dr.Web Adware.Downware.6419
ESET-NOD32 Win32/SpeedBit.B.gen
G Data Win32.Application.Shopperpro.A
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 004a94011 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004a94011 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Agent.bx
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
McAfee Artemis!D0A905C4DBB6
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
Panda Antivirus Trj/Chgt.D
Sophos AppRider
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen.Symmi
Symantec Goobzo
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Wqcv
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0826
VIPRE Antivirus Goobzo (fs)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
Avira AntiVir HEUR/Patched.Ren
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
Commtouch SDK W32/Sality.E.gen!Eldorado
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983 (B)
F-Prot W32/Sality.E.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
NANO AntiVirus Virus.Win32.Virut-Gen.bwpxnc
YouTubeAcceleratorService.exe (MD5: aff73a560a05d06792d495724f6ac026) has been flagged by 35 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG MalSign.Skodna
McAfee Artemis!AFF73A560A05
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!AFF73A560A05
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1107
VIPRE Antivirus Goobzo (fs)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.Agent!
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.ShopperPro.bA
Bitdefender Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
Commtouch SDK W32/Trojan.ROGN-4097
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ShopperPro.A
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/ShopperPro
F-Secure Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
G Data Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 00499b181 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00499b181 )
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Trojan.Heur.TP.Su0@bqNBY0li
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.TP.ddalhg
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16EFE4CA!384820426
Symantec Goobzo
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OGF14
avast! Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
Dr.Web Adware.Downware.6419
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Agent.bx
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Panda Antivirus Trj/Chgt.D
Sophos AppRider
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen.Symmi
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Wqcv
Avira AntiVir HEUR/Patched.Ren
F-Prot W32/Sality.E.gen!Eldorado
YouTubeAccelerator.exe (MD5: 75c4e837cbcec91a18cfb39ba6583de2) has been flagged by 14 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
Avira AntiVir HEUR/Patched.Ren
AVware Virus.Win32.Sality.atbh (v)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Typic.Ac
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
Commtouch SDK W32/Sality.E.gen!Eldorado
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983 (B)
F-Prot W32/Sality.E.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
G Data Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Symmi.39983
NANO AntiVirus Virus.Win32.Virut-Gen.bwpxnc
Symantec Goobzo
VIPRE Antivirus Virus.Win32.Sality.atbh (v)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • UNWISE.EXE runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).
  • YouTubeAcceleratorService.exe runs as a service named 'YouTubeAcceleratorService' (YouTubeAcceleratorService).
  • sporder.dll runs as a service named 'Hi-Rez Studios Authenticate and Update Service' (HiPatchService).
Firewall:
  • YouTubeAccelerator.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\YouTube Accelerator\YouTubeAccelerator.exe'.
  • Updater.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\YOUTUB~1\Updater.exe'.
  • UNWISE.EXE is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).
  • YouTubeAccelerator.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{ADC7C9E5-4468-4AF0-98E9-A0ED2F1E419D}' (runs on registration).
  • YTAUninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E60085F5-8539-46D5-842F-2EF0B8D2A6DF}' (runs on registration).
  • YouTubeAcceleratorService.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{96C68751-93E0-4D1D-82ED-1E4008A8CBED}' (runs on registration).
  • Updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'YTAUpdate' (runs daily at 8:00 AM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Updater.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named YTAUpdate_logon.
Registry entries:
  • YouTubeAccelerator.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoobzoYouTubeAccelerator' and executes as "C:\Program Files\YouTube Accelerator\YouTubeAccelerator.exe" /startup.
Registry entries (User):
  • YouTubeAccelerator.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'YoutubeAccelerator' which loads as "C:\Program Files\YouTube Accelerator\YouTubeAccelerator.exe" /install /runonce.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.youtubeaccelerator.com/support
Support:
https://www.youtubeaccelerator.com/about
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\YouTube Accelerator
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\YouTube Accelerator\VARemove.exe" temp
Size:
12.00 MB
Language:
English

YouTube Accelerator Executable Details

Primary executable:
YouTubeAcceleratorService.exe
Name:
YouTube Accelerator
Path:
C:\Program Files\YouTube Accelerator\YouTubeAcceleratorService.exe
MD5:
aff73a560a05d06792d495724f6ac026
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by YouTube Accelerator
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
3f4049d8bf040812a96680c5a6b377fd
DLL
6289966fd5c7d68cc37d526f6a40cdfa
EXE
aff73a560a05d06792d495724f6ac026
EXE
75c4e837cbcec91a18cfb39ba6583de2
EXE
bfe64f99674b43adc1806cd3183f4fbd
EXE
1b3f12f9710b8079619d87728f711cfb
EXE
cba2facb405fc377eced6abe5e8fe605
EXE
84e2830a4f93fdc8ac1fd564e83756d7
DLL
cefa5c62b72f4b1a896ec889e3ece393
EXE
ed3a84cd216ab7e3348af26894c06d85