What is PowerfulBrowse?

PowerfulBrowse is software application developed by Yontoo Technology, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 58.18% of installations running this operating system. PowerfulBrowse's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 14 files. The most common release is 2014.05.05.191848 with 29.09% of all installations currently using this version.

PowerfulBrowse is most popular in the United States with 68.42% of installations residing in this country.

About PowerfulBrowse?

Introducing PowerfulBrowse, a browser extension designed to display banner and text-context link ads promoting various products and services. Unfortunately, this software has been known to convert random web page text into hyperlinks and may facilitate the installation of adware programs without the user's explicit consent. We recommend using caution when considering the installation of this software.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PowerfulBrowse.

updatePowerfulBrowse.exe (MD5: 8d6741a0999d2bd53b35d954f59258fa) has been flagged by 43 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
ESET-NOD32	8.9868	a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H
Malwarebytes	v2014.05.30.06	PUP.Optional.PowerfulBrowse.A
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7115	Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.I
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Agent!
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Agent.ahbx
Arcabit	1.0.0.425	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:BrowseFox-BD [PUP]
AVG	15.0.0.4365	BrowseFox.F
Avira	8.3.1.6	ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
AVware	1.5.0.21	Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.F
Bitdefender	7.2	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.11B2
CAT-QuickHeal	14.00	AdWare.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security	22485	Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
Cyren	5.4.16.7	W32/Adware.ZPIO-1794
Dr.Web	7.0.13.5270	Trojan.Yontoo.1734
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.5.0.636	Adware.BrowseFox.BR (B)
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Adware/Agent
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
G Data	25	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Jiangmin	16.0.100	Adware/Agent.kor
K7 AntiVirus	9.205.16279	Trojan ( 0049f9c61 )
K7GW	9.205.16280	Trojan ( 0049f9c61 )
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.baj
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud)
McAfee	6.0.5.614	Artemis!478C148BC7AB
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.24.2086	Riskware.Win32.Agent.dbidev
nProtect	2015-06-17.01	Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249640.C
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
Symantec	20141.2.0.56	PUA.Gen.2
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.13
Trend Micro	9.740.0.1012	TROJ_GEN.R007C0EE515
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.R007C0EE515
VIPRE Antivirus	41232	Yontoo (fs)
Zillya	2.0.0.2233	Adware.Agent.Win32.9541
Avira AntiVir	7.11.155.204	APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA JG

PowerfulBrowseBHO.dll (MD5: 478c148bc7ab7907eb36849adab91302) has been flagged by 43 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Agent!
ALYac	1.0.1.4	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Agent.ahbx
Arcabit	1.0.0.425	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
avast!	8.0.1489.320	Win32:BrowseFox-BD [PUP]
AVG	15.0.0.4365	BrowseFox.F
Avira	8.3.1.6	ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
AVware	1.5.0.21	Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International	3.5.1.41473	Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.F
Bitdefender	7.2	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Bkav FE	1.3.0.6379	W32.HfsAdware.11B2
CAT-QuickHeal	14.00	AdWare.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security	22485	Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
Cyren	5.4.16.7	W32/Adware.ZPIO-1794
Dr.Web	7.0.13.5270	Trojan.Yontoo.1734
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.5.0.636	Adware.BrowseFox.BR (B)
ESET-NOD32	11804	a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F potentially unwanted
Fortinet FortiGate	5.0.999.0	Adware/Agent
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
G Data	25	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
Jiangmin	16.0.100	Adware/Agent.kor
K7 AntiVirus	9.205.16279	Trojan ( 0049f9c61 )
K7GW	9.205.16280	Trojan ( 0049f9c61 )
Kaspersky	15.0.1.10	not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.baj
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud)
McAfee	6.0.5.614	Artemis!478C148BC7AB
McAfee-GW-Edition	v2015	Artemis!PUP
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Adware.BrowseFox.BR
NANO AntiVirus	0.30.24.2086	Riskware.Win32.Agent.dbidev
nProtect	2015-06-17.01	Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249640.C
Panda Antivirus	4.6.4.2	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
Symantec	20141.2.0.56	PUA.Gen.2
Tencent	1.0.0.1	Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.13
Trend Micro	9.740.0.1012	TROJ_GEN.R007C0EE515
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	TROJ_GEN.R007C0EE515
VIPRE Antivirus	41232	Yontoo (fs)
Zillya	2.0.0.2233	Adware.Agent.Win32.9541
Avira AntiVir	7.11.155.204	APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.PowerfulBrowse.A
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA JG

752db875-491f-4d2e-a8b9-2f7037879194.dll (MD5: efbc200445ef7c4930dc3b2b2fc5694b) has been flagged by 28 scanners:

Scanner Software	Version	Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware	12.0.163.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
Agnitum Outpost	5.5.1.3	PUA.Agent!
Avira AntiVir	7.11.155.204	APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
Antiy-AVL	1.0.0.1	GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent
AVG	14.0.0.3972	BrowseFox.F
Bitdefender	7.2	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
Comodo Security	18604	Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
Dr.Web	7.0.7.12100	Trojan.BPlug.88
Emsisoft Anti-Malware	3.0.0.600	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 (B)
ESET-NOD32	9971	a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F
Fortinet FortiGate	5.1.152.0	Adware/Agent
F-Secure	11.0.19100.45	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
G Data	24	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
Jiangmin	16.0.100	Adware/Agent.kor
K7 AntiVirus	9.180.12463	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
K7GW	9.180.12463	Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 )
Kaspersky	12.0.0.1225	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx
Kingsoft AntiVirus	2013.4.9.267	Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	1.75.0.1	PUP.Optional.PowerfulBrowse.A
McAfee	6.0.4.564	Artemis!EFBC200445EF
McAfee-GW-Edition	2013	Artemis!EFBC200445EF
MicroWorld-eScan	12.0.250.0	Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
Panda Antivirus	10.0.3.5	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	1.0.0.1015	Win32/Trojan.Adware.dbc
Sophos	4.98.0	Generic PUA JG
SUPERAntiSpyware	5.6.0.1032	Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
TrendMicro-HouseCall	9.700.0.1001	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0614
VIPRE Antivirus	30470	Yontoo (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:

updatePowerfulBrowse.exe runs as a service named 'Update PowerfulBrowse' (Update PowerfulBrowse).

Software Details

URL:

https://powerfulbrowse.com/support

Support:

https://mailto:

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\PowerfulBrowse

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\PowerfulBrowse\PowerfulBrowseuninstall.exe

Size:

1.00 MB

Language:

English

PowerfulBrowse Executable Details

Primary executable:

updatePowerfulBrowse.exe

Name:

PowerfulBrowse

Path:

C:\Program Files\PowerfulBrowse\updatePowerfulBrowse.exe

MD5:

8d6741a0999d2bd53b35d954f59258fa

SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

PowerfulBrowse_S.exe

cd78877022f66bf2136b652c12e72105

DLL

PowerfulBrowse.BrowserFilter.Helper.dll

b1e37ee4225116c524491ddb44a17f35

EXE

PowerfulBrowseBrowserFilter.exe

70fdb21ce892f206da6cc22e8d35d7ed

EXE

InstallerClient.exe

c78d8b0928a63a8d71858420b83b014e