AdvanceElite

AdvanceElite

Known Adware

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is AdvanceElite?

AdvanceElite is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 51.88% of installations running this operating system. AdvanceElite's installer is typically 9.00 MB in size and installs around 21 files. The most common release is 2014.10.19.172438 with 1.31% of all installations currently using this version.

AdvanceElite is most popular in the United States with 42.43% of installations residing in this country.

About AdvanceElite?

This software is designed as an adware program. According to the publisher's guidelines, the software functions by converting words on webpages into hyperlinks linked to advertisements, as well as communicating with company servers for purposes such as checking for new offers, monitoring the installation and uninstallation of the software, and determining the availability of updated versions. Additionally, the software monitors and records the domain names of webpages visited, the advertisements displayed on these pages, and any advertisements clicked by the user.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in AdvanceElite.

updateAdvanceElite.exe (MD5: f402cfac6e3c84584af4aea8a0a2d62d) has been flagged by 36 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.BrowseFox.AU
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.Agent!
ALYac Adware.BrowseFox.AU
Arcabit Adware.BrowseFox.AU
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-HE [PUP]
AVG Gadgetprise.E43
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Adware.BrowseFox
Baidu-International Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.H
Bitdefender Adware.BrowseFox.AU
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.7E65
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Gadgetpris.Gen
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Yontoo.1741
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.BrowseFox.AU (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/BrowseFox
F-Prot W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.BrowseFox.AU
G Data Adware.BrowseFox.AU
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 700000121 )
K7GW Adware ( 700000121 )
McAfee BrowseFox-FTQ
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.jm
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.BrowseFox.AU
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
nProtect Adware.BrowseFox.AU
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Sophos Generic PUA DH
Symantec Yontoo.C
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00AT15
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00AT15
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.BrowseFox
AdvanceElite.FirstRun.exe (MD5: 17d4f597bf454ad3dc6a782682c82c2e) has been flagged by 46 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.Agent
AVG Generic
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
AVware Adware.BrowseFox
Baidu-International Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.bQ
Bitdefender Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.MSIL.g3 (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JL
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.Q
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Kranet
F-Secure Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
G Data Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
K7 AntiVirus Trojan
K7GW Trojan ( 020000001 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Sambreel.A
McAfee BrowseFox.a
McAfee-GW-Edition BrowseFox.a
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
nProtect Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c
Sophos Generic PUA BO
Symantec Trojan.Gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Eans
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R047C0EJI14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R047C0EJI14
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.BrowseFox
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.AdvanceElite
ALYac Adware.AdvanceElite.A
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win64.Agent
avast! Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.1A56
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Agent-32997
Cyren W32/S-7bed2e86!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Yontoo.1741
F-Prot W32/S-7bed2e86!Eldorado
Jiangmin AdWare/LinkSwift.acd
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfohwl
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Kranet
Zillya Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.55016
Arcabit Adware.BrowseFox.AU

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updateAdvanceElite.exe runs as a service named 'Update AdvanceElite' (Update AdvanceElite).

Software Details

URL:
https://advanceelite.com/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\AdvanceElite
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\AdvanceElite\AdvanceEliteuninstall.exe
Size:
9.00 MB
Language:
English

AdvanceElite Executable Details

Primary executable:
AdvanceElite.FirstRun.exe
Name:
AdvanceElite
Path:
C:\Program Files\AdvanceElite\AdvanceElite.FirstRun.exe
MD5:
17d4f597bf454ad3dc6a782682c82c2e
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by AdvanceElite
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
7za.exe
e92604e043f51c604b6d1ac3bcd3a202
EXE
updateAdvanceElite.exe
Adware
f402cfac6e3c84584af4aea8a0a2d62d
CRX
pkbbmldjcnhopjhpifcocnmkooiadpbb.crx
c4fa04a09b890d622222f4d139578f76
EXE
AdvanceEliteUninstall.exe
f88d1ec56c4d92004d4be739539e90a1
EXE
AdvanceEliteUn.exe
c40db07c8902a34c9359028ab1203327
EXE
AdvanceElite.FirstRun.exe
Adware
17d4f597bf454ad3dc6a782682c82c2e
DLL
AdvanceElitebho.dll
afa5e7354545688d51caeab9c9401052
CRX
abadlpnchipkpeikchblnfiicfdoabei.crx
672028e0fee530508d1619760ca197cd
CRX
phlgmglenofknhllndpffnjmfdglfnng.crx
48869e0b2688ba43be8ba13e88e6e644
DLL
AdvanceElite.BrowserFilter.Helper.dll
a53fed1af73a8eeb2ed58d404cd07cc0