CommonShare

CommonShare

Known Adware

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is CommonShare?

CommonShare is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 47.06% of installations running this operating system. CommonShare's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 5 files. The most common release is 2014.10.16.171644 with 17.65% of all installations currently using this version.

CommonShare is most popular in the United States with 54.89% of installations residing in this country.

About CommonShare?

CommonShare is an adware program known for injecting advertisements into users' web browsers, potentially leading to a disruptive browsing experience. This software communicates with adware servers to deliver and monitor ad placements, track user browsing activity, and may display alerts and pop-ups for updating or installing ad-supported browser extensions.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in CommonShare.

updateCommonShare.exe (MD5: 891329b7b6b8452414eb845abb14def9) has been flagged by 33 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen
ALYac Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-DQ [PUP]
AVG Generic.EB6
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.H
Bitdefender Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.45E6
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/S-7b6eb46a!Eldorado
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-7b6eb46a!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
G Data Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
IKARUS anti.virus PUA.MSIL.BrowseFox
K7 AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 )
McAfee BrowseFox-FTQ
McAfee-GW-Edition BrowseFox-FTQ
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
nProtect Adware.SwiftBrowse.CX
Sophos Generic PUA BB
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EB615
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EB615
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo (fs)
Zillya Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.68833

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updateCommonShare.exe runs as a service named 'Update CommonShare' (Update CommonShare).

Software Details

URL:
https://commonshare.net/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\CommonShare
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\CommonShare\CommonShareuninstall.exe
Size:
2.00 MB
Language:
English

CommonShare Executable Details

Primary executable:
CommonShareBHO.dll
Name:
CommonShare
Path:
C:\Program Files\CommonShare\CommonShareBHO.dll
MD5:
25bceff01f47a5942d597e09733911f8
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by CommonShare
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
ba670db621bf01318c59491cd6c593dc
EXE
d59c3393ae5c4e2fb946ffe01fa842d0
DLL
25bceff01f47a5942d597e09733911f8
EXE
891329b7b6b8452414eb845abb14def9
CRX
91d69c4b2e5bf1c1659bf9eed39cd1c2