Adware.WonderBrowse

Posted: November 25, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	35

First Seen:	November 25, 2013
Last Seen:	January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

WonderBrowse is an adware browser add-on that delivers advertisements into specially-modified Web pages as your browser loads them. Although WonderBrowse markets its function as an online shopping assistant, malware researchers found minimal advantages from WonderBrowse's advertisements and recommend taking any bargains WonderBrowse offers with a large grain of salt. Since WonderBrowse and other adware programs provide browser changes that aren't necessarily helpful and may be security or performance issues, uninstalling WonderBrowse usually is the best reaction you can have to WonderBrowse, no matter how WonderBrowse was installed originally.

Why It's not Necessarily Wondrous to Browse with WonderBrowse

WonderBrowse is marketed as a tool for improving your ability to find online products at a good price point. However, with 'bargains' that aren't necessarily sorted in your favor, and a limited set of advertising sources at hand, WonderBrowse's real benefits are more than a little up in the air. Malware researchers see no reason to consider WonderBrowse anything more than another form of typical adware, which hasn't any mentionable benefits to your Web-browsing experience.

Side effects related to WonderBrowse's functions may include poor browser performance or stability, worsened online security, potential exposure to other PC threats, and difficulties in accessing any Web page content modified for hosting these additional advertisements. However, WonderBrowse isn't classified as a threat and doesn't represent the same form of danger to your PC as a Trojan, rootkit or other high-level threat.

The Wonder of Having Your Browser All to Yourself

Given the widely verified dearth of normal download sources for WonderBrowse, malware experts currently estimate that software bundles and other semi-consensual methods are WonderBrowse's main method of distribution to other computers. Keeping your browser well away from known sources of PUPs, browser hijackers and adware that tend to bundle them with unrelated products will provide an important first level of security against possible WonderBrowse installers. Even if you do find it necessary to install software from such a source, it's worth taking notice of the ability of many reputable anti-malware products to detect common software bundlers.

Since normal removal methods applied to WonderBrowse may not be able to remove all of the browser changes caused by WonderBrowse, using good anti-malware or anti-adware programs for WonderBrowse's deletion is an ideal way of getting WonderBrowse off your computer. In the meantime, as long as you use common sense and good browser security while undergoing any contact with WonderBrowse's advertisements, there should be no permanent harm caused to your PC.

The range of browsers affected by WonderBrowse still is under investigation. Windows browsers often are more vulnerable to adware, although this isn't a hard and fast rule; in some circumstances, Linux and Mac-based browsers also may be modified. In many cases, these browser changes may occur over multiple browsers, all concurrently.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

WonderBrowseUninstall.exe

File name: WonderBrowseUninstall.exe
Size: 234.96 KB (234968 bytes)
MD5: 185c9f71a4cb46879f40d6f4074b2423
Detection count: 54
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 25, 2013

WonderBrowseBHO.dll

File name: WonderBrowseBHO.dll
Size: 249.63 KB (249632 bytes)
MD5: ec3783c95ed7be6868359795121bd008
Detection count: 49
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 25, 2013

WonderBrowse.ico

File name: WonderBrowse.ico
Size: 1.15 KB (1150 bytes)
MD5: 2ae16d563f4b9bb7da2f2bf52a2f635a
Detection count: 42
Mime Type: unknown/ico
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 25, 2013

onmfahhedjjcbjfpamghiohjfdgeocec.crx

File name: onmfahhedjjcbjfpamghiohjfdgeocec.crx
Size: 3.51 KB (3513 bytes)
MD5: e32f03802ac757d8b5b29daca0393e1c
Detection count: 30
Mime Type: unknown/crx
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 25, 2013

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\onmfahhedjjcbjfpamghiohjfdgeocec%ProgramFiles%\WonderBrowse%ProgramFiles(x86)%\WonderBrowse