UC Browser

UC Browser

by UCWeb Inc.

What is UC Browser?

UC Browser is software application developed by UCWeb Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 49.04% of installations running this operating system. UC Browser's installer is typically 296.00 MB in size and installs around 18 files. The most common release is 6.1.2015.1007 with 10.85% of all installations currently using this version.

UC Browser is most popular in the United States with 28.95% of installations residing in this country.

UC Browser adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, UC Browser is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • UCService.exe runs as a service named 'UC Browser Free WiFi Service' (DHCPServer) "UC Browser Free WiFi Service is used to provide DHCP and DNS service for devices connected to Free WiFi.".
Firewall:
  • UCBrowser.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\UCBrowser\Application\UCBrowser.exe'.
  • update_task.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\UCBrowser\Application\update_task.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • UCBrowser.exe is scheduled as a task named 'bltopncomhohoj' (Next runs on 14.03.2018 at 22:48).
  • update_task.exe is scheduled as a task named 'UCBrowserUpdater{7f760b175607fdcf50225c1e38129d56}' (runs daily at 9:01 AM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • update_task.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named UCBrowserUpdaterCore.
Registry entries:
  • UCBrowser.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoogleChromeAutoLaunch_77BC2B84A9CBAB6938C06085A75DEF10' and executes as "C:\Program Files\UCBrowser\Application\UCBrowser.exe" --no-startup-window.
Registry entries (User):
  • UCBrowser.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #2' which loads as C:\Program Files\UCBrowser\Application\UCBrowser.exe --flag-switches-begin --disable-direct-write --flag-switches-end --wow-extension-center-url=httpC://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions.

Software Details

URL:
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Support:
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Installation path:
C:\Program Files\UCBrowser\Application
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\UCBrowser\Application\Uninstall.exe" --uninstall --system-level
Size:
296.00 MB
Language:
English

UC Browser Executable Details

Primary executable:
UCBrowser.exe
Name:
UC Browser
Path:
C:\Program Files\UCBrowser\Application\UCBrowser.exe
MD5:
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SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by UC Browser
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
uninstall.exe
f555e14bf3d90c5cac769a74aea9861a
EXE
wow_helper.exe
e8200cf028183d247696cbc35cc3381f
EXE
update_task.exe
2bb6803cefbeabff4f30550a7eac3502
EXE
UCService.exe
339c736a3a853634ceed7d8cc596c1e4
DLL
VE32.dll
07f383eb5c28afcdc27e955380a0b0b6
EXE
molt_tool.exe
1f37e8e0c9f71d5550867031570eb371
EXE
UC Browser.exe
57004838c449453ba43b37f54c2053a2
EXE
old_UCBrowser.exe
f6bb40e3521f21ba0854e0e427f0c07d
EXE
new_Uninstall.exe
abf265a9812a361328248a4c378dab3e
EXE
new_UCBrowser.exe
565a6d9e5289d8e46fd569c2dc734c06