Faster Light

Faster Light

Known Adware

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is Faster Light?

Faster Light is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 48.39% of installations running this operating system. Faster Light's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 12 files. The most common release is 2014.12.25.132301 with 3.23% of all installations currently using this version.

Faster Light is most popular in the United States with 48.37% of installations residing in this country.

About Faster Light?

The Faster Light browser extension is designed to enhance your online browsing experience by providing a suite of web browsing features. These features include browser extensions, tools, and applications for search, text referencing, social media, website ratings and reviews, coupons, and comparison shopping for various products and services. The ads displayed may take the form of coupons, affiliate links, price comparisons, and display media. The software is able to inject advertisements to overlay the page or insert them directly into the page content, based on the user's web browsing activities and the content of the web pages being accessed. The End User License Agreement (EULA) states that the software customizes and enhances the user's interaction with various websites, and may render graphics, text, or other functional and interactive content in the browser.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Faster Light.

updateFasterLight.exe (MD5: 100c65be2578f722debdc154cd6157ba) has been flagged by 39 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Agnitum Outpost Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
ALYac Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent
Arcabit Adware.BrowseFox.BR
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-HG [PUP]
AVG Generic.10F
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Adware.BrowseFox
Baidu-International Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.H
Bitdefender Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.D49D
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Fasterligh.Gen
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/S-7b6eb46a!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Yontoo.1741
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.BrowseFox.BR (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/BrowseFox
F-Prot W32/S-7b6eb46a!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.BrowseFox.BR
G Data Adware.BrowseFox.BR
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 700000121 )
K7GW Adware ( 700000121 )
McAfee BrowseFox-FTQ
McAfee-GW-Edition BrowseFox-FTQ
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.BrowseFox.BR
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
nProtect Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.708
Sophos Generic PUA NK
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
Total Defense Heur/TrojanHorse.ZCFS!suspicious
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R02KC0EAC15
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R02KC0EAC15
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.BrowseFox

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updateFasterLight.exe runs as a service named 'Update Faster Light' (Update Faster Light).

Software Details

URL:
https://fasterlight.info/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Faster Light
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\Faster Light\FasterLightuninstall.exe
Size:
8.00 MB
Language:
English

Faster Light Executable Details

Primary executable:
FasterLightbho.dll
Name:
Faster Light
Path:
C:\Program Files\Faster Light\FasterLightbho.dll
MD5:
9ea33d2b5563b686f9b62bc317e6c9cf
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by Faster Light
File Type Filename MD5
CRX
pocinllfkipocohghafeimnecadigcpe.crx
ac366d88d5cbf09f315a53055782ff4f
CRX
homiajjamnfjffkhehgijpolacellkag.crx
eec8f83cc78e03bc8e737053e17669d5