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Ebon Browser

Posted: March 25, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 13,447
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 4,691
First Seen: March 25, 2015
Last Seen: September 4, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Ebon Browser is a product created and developed by Ebonmedia Corp. Ebon Browser is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by computer security researchers. Applications like Ebon Browser are known to be delivered typically bundled with other free programs. PUPs such as Ebon Browser are also known to travel alone as they tend to mislead users for the features they provide. Ebon Browser pretends to be a reliable Web browser with useful online features. However, Ebon Browser is an application that collects information about your online activities for the generation of additional ads. Targeted ads by Ebon Browser are made for the benefit of third parties as plenty of users would consider them reliable. In reality, Ebon Browser ads are going redirect you to undesirable websites.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathebon.lnkRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\EBNotificationEngine%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\EbonmediaUpdaterHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\Classes\EbonHTMLSoftware\Classes\EbonURLSOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\EBON.EXESOFTWARE\EbonSOFTWARE\ebon.orgSOFTWARE\EbonmediaSOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\EBON.EXESOFTWARE\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\Ebon.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\EBNotificationEngineSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\EbonmediaUpdaterSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Ebon.exeSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.htm\OpenWithProgids\EbonHTMLSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.html\OpenWithProgids\EbonHTMLSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.shtml\OpenWithProgids\EbonHTMLSOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications\EbonSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EbonSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ebon.orgSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ShimInclusionList\EBON.EXESOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\RegisteredApplications\EbonSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\EbonMaintenanceSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\EbonMaintenanceSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\EbonMaintenanceHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Ebon 34.0.5.10 (x86 de-DE)EbonMaintenanceService

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Ebon%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Ebonmedia%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ebon%PROGRAMFILES%\Ebon%PROGRAMFILES%\Ebon Maintenance Service%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Ebon%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Ebon Maintenance Service%appdata%\Ebon
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