neurowise

neurowise

Known Adware

by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

What is neurowise?

neurowise is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 55.05% of installations running this operating system. neurowise's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 4 files. The most common release is 2015.01.08.142238 with 0.41% of all installations currently using this version.

neurowise is most popular in the United States with 44.91% of installations residing in this country.

About neurowise?

Neurowise is an ad-supported browser extension and background process that delivers advertisements to the user's web browser in various formats, including banners, text hyperlinks, and inline text ads. This program is often bundled with third-party download managers and potentially unwanted software offers to generate revenue through installations. The advertisements displayed are not endorsed by the underlying website and may include malvertising that promotes harmful products for the user's PC. Additionally, Neurowise communicates with a remote server to track the user's browsing habits and visited URLs and domains in order to update its advertisements. In some cases, the program's uninstaller may not function properly, leaving remnants of the program and continuing to display ads even after removal. It is important to note that the installation and use of Neurowise may compromise the user's online privacy and expose them to potentially harmful software.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in neurowise.

updateneurowise.exe (MD5: 9afccb6a5513b2721564384b978cf956) has been flagged by 38 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.BrowseFox.BP
ALYac Adware.BrowseFox.BP
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar]/Win32.Agent.bcw
Arcabit Adware.BrowseFox.BP
avast! Win32:BrowseFox-EY [PUP]
AVG Generic.832
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo
Baidu-International Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.H
Bitdefender Adware.BrowseFox.BP
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.218F
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Tessview.Gen
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado
Dr.Web Trojan.Yontoo.1741
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.BrowseFox.BP (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/Agent
F-Prot W32/S-26365c9e!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.BrowseFox.BP
G Data Adware.BrowseFox.BP
K7 AntiVirus Adware ( 700000121 )
K7GW Adware ( 700000121 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.bcw
McAfee BrowseFox-FTQ
McAfee-GW-Edition BrowseFox-FTQ
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.BrowseFox.BP
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
nProtect Adware.BrowseFox.BP
Panda Antivirus Trj/OCJ.F
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.708
Sophos Browse Fox
Symantec Yontoo.C
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EAM15
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EAM15
VIPRE Antivirus Yontoo
Zillya Adware.Agent.Win32.52738

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • updateneurowise.exe runs as a service named 'Update neurowise' (Update neurowise).
  • utilneurowise.exe runs as a service named 'Update neurowise' (Update neurowise).

Software Details

URL:
https://neurowise.info/support
Support:
https://mailto:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\neurowise
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files\neurowise\neurowiseuninstall.exe
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

neurowise Executable Details

Primary executable:
neurowisebho.dll
Name:
neurowise
Path:
C:\Program Files\neurowise\neurowisebho.dll
MD5:
0e9113e0692096247781db146d119f36
SHA-1:
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SHA-256:
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Files installed by neurowise
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
updateneurowise.exe
Adware
9afccb6a5513b2721564384b978cf956
EXE
neurowiseUninstall.exe
f3fb04aad5efb77bdc891dfcf923a4f5
DLL
neurowisebho.dll
0e9113e0692096247781db146d119f36
EXE
neurowiseUn.exe
10ebe9c680cf182192c13fbc154e6027