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:
Support:
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:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by UC Browser
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
9321b2026abe89f2566d7624f1b7bd28
EXE
db1da255526d8f502a113a37329e2524
EXE
a7c522c265c3edff3b9af8a0253ffa17
EXE
3bcfbce28d67927fbf85ddca8eaab981
EXE
4c44ead508fac9525d1dd3ea3dfc7f42
EXE
84dbcb4ab8f3e5008d2ce7278fba2b23
EXE
4023c47e899e5707695cf5d547d4f156
EXE
02257a13f8ce7767349e9ef1d69b220a