Yeabests.cc

By CagedTech in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking:	10,006
Threat Level:	50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers:	14,207

First Seen:	March 8, 2016
Last Seen:	March 8, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Yeabests.cc is associated with a browser hijacker that you may install as a plug-in under the name of TopYea. The Yeabests.cc site hosts a custom build of the Google search engine that is customized to provide advertisements from the Chinese Umeng.com content delivery platform. The browser hijacking application linked to Yeabests.cc resembles the performance of adware such as DonutQuotes and NiceAndFun, and may be used to drive Web traffic to advertisement content and generate pay-per-click revenue for its creators. You may have installed the Yeabests.cc browser hijacker by handling a freeware setup file with the 'Express' or 'Typical' option. You may wish to check your list of plug-ins for an app called TopYea. The Yeabests.cc browser hijacker may download marketing materials like leaflets and promotional images to show advertisements while your browser is closed. You may see notifications from Yeabests.cc in the bottom right corner of your screen. The Yeabests.cc browser hijacker may edit the configuration of your browser to reroute all of your search quarries to Yeabests.cc and provide related commercial content.

You may find useful links to Amazon, Facebook, Etsy and Zillow at Yeabests.cc, but you are not advised to click on them. Several online scanners like Websense ThreatSeeker and Sucuiri have found suspicious connections to blacklisted sites and phishing pages. Security experts note that the Yeabests.cc browser hijacker may reroute users to cloned online banking portals that are under the control of crooks. You should be careful not to input your log-in credentials at such sites because you risk losing money and becoming a victim of online fraud. The TopTea plug-in may use the logo of Google, but is not associated with Google Inc., and you will not benefit from the security feature that come with the Google Safe Browsing initiative. The Yeabests.cc browser hijacker may have installed its files in the hidden AppData folder, and you may need to use a reliable anti-spyware instrument to clean your PC.

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SpyHunter Detects & Remove Yeabests.cc

File System Details

Yeabests.cc may create the following file(s):

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#	File Name	MD5	Detections Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
1.	Yeabests.cc.exe	a718bf376567abd3e7de06f31b036405	306
Name: Yeabests.cc.exe MD5: a718bf376567abd3e7de06f31b036405 Size: 1.02 MB (1025536 bytes) Detections: 306 Type: Executable File Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\_MEGA\Yeabests.cc.exe Group: Malware file Last Updated: November 28, 2023
2.	hp.exe	e432f99f93d63d8ec0f64708231ed3a6	129
Name: hp.exe MD5: e432f99f93d63d8ec0f64708231ed3a6 Size: 511.48 KB (511488 bytes) Detections: 129 Type: Executable File Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\00025483\hp.exe Group: Malware file Last Updated: September 22, 2022
3.	msiql.exe	bcabb5b8f8ef8a9e921c402702d5af95	96
Name: msiql.exe MD5: bcabb5b8f8ef8a9e921c402702d5af95 Size: 1.9 MB (1902080 bytes) Detections: 96 Type: Executable File Path: C:\Windows\Temp\24664\msiql.exe Group: Malware file Last Updated: August 14, 2022
4.	msiql.exe	58b5145e78304dc6e3ccdd704310bd86	46
Name: msiql.exe MD5: 58b5145e78304dc6e3ccdd704310bd86 Size: 1.92 MB (1920000 bytes) Detections: 46 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
5.	msiql.exe	ad0149b80151b56d89f0ca4adcfe51c3	27
Name: msiql.exe MD5: ad0149b80151b56d89f0ca4adcfe51c3 Size: 1.97 MB (1978771 bytes) Detections: 27 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
6.	msiql.exe	ef8ad770f8f8ad567d430d063ef8fcef	9
Name: msiql.exe MD5: ef8ad770f8f8ad567d430d063ef8fcef Size: 1.91 MB (1916928 bytes) Detections: 9 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: May 22, 2020
7.	msiql.exe	66433731b66ae516e36d85162ddb3a3c	8
Name: msiql.exe MD5: 66433731b66ae516e36d85162ddb3a3c Size: 913B (913 bytes) Detections: 8 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
8.	msiql.exe	3a22282278f7ba277b422bba695b037c	6
Name: msiql.exe MD5: 3a22282278f7ba277b422bba695b037c Size: 1.92 MB (1920000 bytes) Detections: 6 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\application data Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
9.	msiql.exe	a1a3a4398ce422a28cee69eb952aeda8	5
Name: msiql.exe MD5: a1a3a4398ce422a28cee69eb952aeda8 Size: 1.99 MB (1999706 bytes) Detections: 5 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
10.	msiql.exe	b371ad26fbe4693357d3a42cc5efef2c	3
Name: msiql.exe MD5: b371ad26fbe4693357d3a42cc5efef2c Size: 1.94 MB (1945600 bytes) Detections: 3 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
11.	msiql.exe	23d1d316de4805ad0b9b7ed9a78ac916	2
Name: msiql.exe MD5: 23d1d316de4805ad0b9b7ed9a78ac916 Size: 1.94 MB (1947648 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
12.	msiql.exe	6a363dbf2b27dcccf47adf7fab1e0761	2
Name: msiql.exe MD5: 6a363dbf2b27dcccf47adf7fab1e0761 Size: 1.94 MB (1947648 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
13.	msiql.exe	ca0db5449de59526aaafbedbdaf9c18f	2
Name: msiql.exe MD5: ca0db5449de59526aaafbedbdaf9c18f Size: 1.93 MB (1939968 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
14.	msiql.exe	b95349a8357c406ed78d04b64bc3c1c6	2
Name: msiql.exe MD5: b95349a8357c406ed78d04b64bc3c1c6 Size: 16.29 KB (16297 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
15.	msiql.exe	30077d8ee62ebb530fa584ae8020358c	2
Name: msiql.exe MD5: 30077d8ee62ebb530fa584ae8020358c Size: 1.94 MB (1947648 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE% Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 18, 2016
16.	07ed8a858def20e7ef9314003a47f705c2a85db79942a0a99d180a1f23fb8723.exe	b9359fd1f6dbe5e44a676eb0183d5901	0
Name: 07ed8a858def20e7ef9314003a47f705c2a85db79942a0a99d180a1f23fb8723.exe MD5: b9359fd1f6dbe5e44a676eb0183d5901 Size: 999.42 KB (999424 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
17.	3e8324c4cd0ec3d97ad586fdce219e1ae428308dc82cfc6ec8c62f6a23dd25eb.exe	ecd49e732010da3831bd31004ab30e80	0
Name: 3e8324c4cd0ec3d97ad586fdce219e1ae428308dc82cfc6ec8c62f6a23dd25eb.exe MD5: ecd49e732010da3831bd31004ab30e80 Size: 114.17 KB (114176 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
18.	40a4c50b67eb037755cbee5b14a230cc83f18195633ad718b7de308bee79d9e3.exe	20501f350fa37cecf2667503541bcf21	0
Name: 40a4c50b67eb037755cbee5b14a230cc83f18195633ad718b7de308bee79d9e3.exe MD5: 20501f350fa37cecf2667503541bcf21 Size: 512 KB (512000 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
19.	54b4f0f6301d77937dc4f88503dc12201479507370cf0f72e82ce19ce5e8c334.exe	50adff8c6902cf7863178b038f57d5a1	0
Name: 54b4f0f6301d77937dc4f88503dc12201479507370cf0f72e82ce19ce5e8c334.exe MD5: 50adff8c6902cf7863178b038f57d5a1 Size: 596.48 KB (596480 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
20.	61d00690e21994c75a242b64c6b8db514cd7e3bfcd14a20d9dd53d722b3b18a5.exe	5c21f323dbb2a7d4309276ec58acb14b	0
Name: 61d00690e21994c75a242b64c6b8db514cd7e3bfcd14a20d9dd53d722b3b18a5.exe MD5: 5c21f323dbb2a7d4309276ec58acb14b Size: 469.02 KB (469022 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
21.	85fc5f7619cf79ff664b886e5acf4a1805adfed3ddcdeef8b7d3bc832cbce53a.exe	ef7af5f3b0e6cb526287e554b01db2da	0
Name: 85fc5f7619cf79ff664b886e5acf4a1805adfed3ddcdeef8b7d3bc832cbce53a.exe MD5: ef7af5f3b0e6cb526287e554b01db2da Size: 1.26 MB (1261568 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
22.	b066bc12f1f68ceb4268cf9564697433c2fc789fde367155c6f338b48e7afb6c.exe	cf8d40cf6278a3c82b22418623526c6d	0
Name: b066bc12f1f68ceb4268cf9564697433c2fc789fde367155c6f338b48e7afb6c.exe MD5: cf8d40cf6278a3c82b22418623526c6d Size: 512 KB (512000 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
23.	dc890b17776791d0c09ef9efa7d0ee4274cdd286b16aae97b62aa578531a1064.exe	88e11dbd05f7e2feadfa8722cc985b0e	0
Name: dc890b17776791d0c09ef9efa7d0ee4274cdd286b16aae97b62aa578531a1064.exe MD5: 88e11dbd05f7e2feadfa8722cc985b0e Size: 442.36 KB (442368 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
24.	e4bbf84c229ccdc4edc42d22fe3e48028be1b57ccfd1ed63e8ed09f09de4d454.exe	25980ac4f5cdd9895e05dd0a592b1724	0
Name: e4bbf84c229ccdc4edc42d22fe3e48028be1b57ccfd1ed63e8ed09f09de4d454.exe MD5: 25980ac4f5cdd9895e05dd0a592b1724 Size: 512 KB (512000 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
25.	e8cfe9c07245c2b81c7debeb430fd755b2b75218bbf4cbf733db9be8c29036a0.exe	e43f1cb72f4fa55525bfe1d9e3395db9	0
Name: e8cfe9c07245c2b81c7debeb430fd755b2b75218bbf4cbf733db9be8c29036a0.exe MD5: e43f1cb72f4fa55525bfe1d9e3395db9 Size: 223.74 KB (223744 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
26.	ea6648a1f3f2e8e592efad7943b03497587ac5f618eff238a9f6d136af1ecbba.exe	2ce52da4d3c5ad5509050b1ec098b2d4	0
Name: ea6648a1f3f2e8e592efad7943b03497587ac5f618eff238a9f6d136af1ecbba.exe MD5: 2ce52da4d3c5ad5509050b1ec098b2d4 Size: 512 KB (512000 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
27.	eada5644fe01c9b413a5023165dbd4860af3945425719ab90f10f3f2d2ee8182.exe	9b5ca5dd76a16ea25c51bb69e3b1bd1d	0
Name: eada5644fe01c9b413a5023165dbd4860af3945425719ab90f10f3f2d2ee8182.exe MD5: 9b5ca5dd76a16ea25c51bb69e3b1bd1d Size: 1.31 MB (1318912 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017
28.	f17a116da903e645902faec6771af61d55578d6c341dcc3a393064f1f2bf6c4e.exe	62fa00bd0a18a6068f21c85b074f4a98	0
Name: f17a116da903e645902faec6771af61d55578d6c341dcc3a393064f1f2bf6c4e.exe MD5: 62fa00bd0a18a6068f21c85b074f4a98 Size: 512 KB (512000 bytes) Detections: 0 Type: Executable File Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 30, 2017

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Registry Details

Yeabests.cc may create the following registry entry or registry entries:

File name without path

Yeabeats Browser.lnk

yeabests[1].xml

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}

Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\yeabests.cc

Directories

Yeabests.cc may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\kemgadeojglibflomicgnfeopkdfflnw

Cookies

The following cookies were found:

yeabests.cc

URLs

Yeabests.cc may call the following URLs:

yeabests.cc

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