What is PennyBee?

PennyBee is software application developed by Jambo Digital Ltd. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 49.88% of installations running this operating system. PennyBee's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 30 files. The most common release is 1.0.2.0 with 29.41% of all installations currently using this version.

PennyBee is most popular in the United States with 35.53% of installations residing in this country.

About PennyBee?

PennyBee is an ad-supported browser extension that operates within the user's web browser and runs in the background as a separate process. This software is commonly included in third-party download manager bundles that offer potentially unwanted software in order to generate revenue from installations. Once activated, PennyBee is programmed to display various types of advertisements within the browser, including banners, text hyperlinks, inline text ads, and transitional ads. It's important to note that these ads are not endorsed by the websites on which they appear. Some of the advertisements may be injected into the header or footer of the web page, or they may replace legitimate ads already present on the site. Additionally, many of these ads are classified as malvertising, as they promote products or downloads that could potentially harm the user's computer. Common promotions include additional software downloads (including adware and bundled software), as well as price comparison and search ads. In certain instances, the ad placements may include links for more information about the ad by clicking "Ads by PennyBee".

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PennyBee.

pennybee.exe (MD5: f7181e6df93cb6123363915fe97079a3) has been flagged by 38 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Avira AntiVir	7.11.168.120	APPL/Linkury.G.2
Trend Micro	10.465.25	ADW_LINKURY
TrendMicro-HouseCall	7.2.237	ADW_LINKURY
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.PennyBee!
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/MSIL.PennyBee
Arcabit	1.0.0.425	Trojan.Adware.PennyBee.1
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.MSIL.Linkury.M
Bitdefender	7.2	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
CAT-QuickHeal	14.00	AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
Cyren	5.4.16.7	W32/Application.OIXP-2254
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.5.0.642	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32	12095	MSIL/Toolbar.Linkury.M potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate	5.1.220.0	Adware/PennyBee
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee
G Data	25	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
Jiangmin	16.0.100	AdWare/MSIL.bwl
K7 AntiVirus	9.209.16896	Trojan ( 004a87d21 )
K7GW	9.209.16896	Trojan ( 004a87d21 )
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.PennyBee.t
Malwarebytes	2.1.1.1115	Adware.Linkular
McAfee	6.0.5.614	Artemis!6A98A83C9DA4
McAfee-GW-Edition	v2015	Artemis!PUP
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.24.3079	Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.dllokw
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Rising Antivirus	25.0.0.17	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17E64C5C!400968796
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA KL (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Adware.PennyBee/Variant
Symantec	20141.2.0.56	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Msil.Adware.Pennybee.Wqxc
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.26.4	AdWare.MSIL.PennyBee
VIPRE Antivirus	42880	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	2.0.0.2351	Adware.PennyBee.Win32.19
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.Linkury

PennyBeeW.exe (MD5: 6a98a83c9da42578ab09939c4340610b) has been flagged by 37 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.PennyBee!
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/MSIL.PennyBee
Arcabit	1.0.0.425	Trojan.Adware.PennyBee.1
AVware	1.5.0.21	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.MSIL.Linkury.M
Bitdefender	7.2	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
CAT-QuickHeal	14.00	AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
Cyren	5.4.16.7	W32/Application.OIXP-2254
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.5.0.642	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32	12095	MSIL/Toolbar.Linkury.M potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate	5.1.220.0	Adware/PennyBee
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee
G Data	25	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
Jiangmin	16.0.100	AdWare/MSIL.bwl
K7 AntiVirus	9.209.16896	Trojan ( 004a87d21 )
K7GW	9.209.16896	Trojan ( 004a87d21 )
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.PennyBee.t
Malwarebytes	2.1.1.1115	Adware.Linkular
McAfee	6.0.5.614	Artemis!6A98A83C9DA4
McAfee-GW-Edition	v2015	Artemis!PUP
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.PennyBee.1
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.24.3079	Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.dllokw
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Rising Antivirus	25.0.0.17	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17E64C5C!400968796
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA KL (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Adware.PennyBee/Variant
Symantec	20141.2.0.56	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Msil.Adware.Pennybee.Wqxc
Trend Micro	9.800.0.1009	ADW_LINKURY
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	ADW_LINKURY
Vba32 AntiVirus	3.12.26.4	AdWare.MSIL.PennyBee
VIPRE Antivirus	42880	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	2.0.0.2351	Adware.PennyBee.Win32.19
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.Linkury

InternetExplorerBHO.dll (MD5: b42083cc3f614447e193072187706092) has been flagged by 2 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
IKARUS anti.virus	T3.1.6.1.0	PUA.Linkury
K7GW	9.183.12998	Adware ( 0049f2141 )

Software Behaviors

Services:

PennyBee.exe runs as a service named 'PennyBee service' (PennyBee) "PennyBee".

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

PennyBeeW.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PeenyBee' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\PennyBee\PennyBeeW.exe.

Software Details

URL:

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Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\pennybee

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\PennyBee\uninstall.exe

Size:

2.00 MB

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