BetterBrowse

BetterBrowse

Known Generic

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is BetterBrowse?

BetterBrowse is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 58.36% of installations running this operating system. BetterBrowse's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 18 files. The most common release is 2013.12.03.230533 with 42.30% of all installations currently using this version.

BetterBrowse is most popular in the United States with 61.1% of installations residing in this country.

About BetterBrowse?

This web browser extension modifies the user's home and search providers and displays contextual and popup advertising in the browser. It adds unwanted features such as inline text and multi-site searching, comparison shopping, related search results, additional offers, coupons, website ratings, and reviews. The extension analyzes the content of web pages visited by the user and tracks URLs and navigation. It also uses an 'auto-enabled updater' to add features as desired after installation through a Windows service. The Terms state that BetterBrowse content includes advertisements, and user information is collected and shared for ad relevance and other purposes.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in BetterBrowse.

updateBetterBrowse.exe (MD5: bfe7c759a345bc8ca0b3a996765ae323) has been flagged by 25 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Kranet!
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet
AVG Betbro.F2A
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Trojan.BPlug.274
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Kranet
G Data Win32.Trojan.Agent.AZTLSL
K7 AntiVirus Trojan ( 0049f7ad1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 020000001 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BetterBrowse.A
McAfee BrowseFox.c
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareMBrowse.fh
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c
Sophos Better Browse
Symantec Trojan.ADH.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EK214
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EK214
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo (fs)
BetterBrowseBHO.dll (MD5: 8ead9b49e18b7fc47979ea7876310444) has been flagged by 29 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Agent
Comodo Security Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
Dr.Web Adware.Plugin.100
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Agent
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
Jiangmin Adware/Agent.jaw
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BetterBrowse.A
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqvnby
Sophos Generic PUA JF
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1211
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Agent
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Kranet!
AVG Betbro.F2A
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
G Data Win32.Trojan.Agent.AZTLSL
McAfee BrowseFox.c
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareMBrowse.fh
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c
Symantec Trojan.ADH.2
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EK214
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updateBetterBrowse.exe runs as a service named 'Update BetterBrowse' (Update BetterBrowse).

Software Details

URL:
https://betterbrowse.net/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\BetterBrowse
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\BetterBrowse\BetterBrowseuninstall.exe
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

BetterBrowse Executable Details

Primary executable:
BetterBrowseBHO.dll
Name:
BetterBrowse
Path:
C:\Program Files\BetterBrowse\BetterBrowseBHO.dll
MD5:
8ead9b49e18b7fc47979ea7876310444
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by BetterBrowse
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
7za.exe
e92604e043f51c604b6d1ac3bcd3a202
EXE
sqlite3.exe
0b86536bba2a922f5f32ad1792d8a03b
EXE
FilterApp_C64.exe
0aa7ecf859ba2631cc0e066c2e1ad51c
DLL
XTLS.dll
67a8a7b8b939bb6fb03184f236f724ad
EXE
XTLSApp.exe
38dcf478cd6a59cb0d4cd280071c2fdd
EXE
updateBetterBrowse.exe
Malware
bfe7c759a345bc8ca0b3a996765ae323
EXE
BetterBrowseUninstall.exe
943964f0d1d6baa8e4e9adab7383edcc
EXE
BetterBrowseUn.exe
6ad97284215fbf7dffaeb899cb385cdd
EXE
BetterBrowse.FirstRun.exe
0063baf0d5793dca54e2807c04f42e6a
DLL
BetterBrowseBHO.dll
Malware
8ead9b49e18b7fc47979ea7876310444