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:
–
SHA-256:
–
Files installed by BetterBrowse
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
BetterBrowse.BrowserFilter.Helper.dll
510faad650dd61ada8c2936acd257c7c
EXE
BetterBrowseBrowserFilter.exe
c6b529075431743fbda363a09913a839
CRX
bajabccdmihihgpddknddbebeiionoeb.crx
8b6883348981ca315705cd801b33d981
EXE
BetterBrowse.BrowserAdapter.exe
1237b22944c47725218b96d9b79111bf
EXE
BetterBrowse.BRT.Helper.exe
1c3518a03613d91de8fcc4a15559f3b7
EXE
BetterBrowse.PurBrowse.exe
34061466ef3d1133ba5baba3e56f36ef
DLL
BetterBrowseDsp.dll
38688c200b5736740dcc42bc522a7e69
DLL
{d1377c30-1cf3-4e6f-ae8b-e1fab3664710}.dll
c2ccf19d2a3a62ed06d4890f8fd99609