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{a88c5367-7ba7-4188-92bf-b63ed9a9e22e}gw64.sys

Spring Smart

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file {a88c5367-7ba7-4188-92bf-b63ed9a9e22e}gw64.sys by Spring Smart has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a Windows 64-bit kernel mode device driver named “{a88c5367-7ba7-4188-92bf-b63ed9a9e22e}Gw64”.
Publisher:
StdLib  (signed by Spring Smart)

Product:
StdLib

Version:
1.4.3.1 built by: WinDDK

MD5:
f0964ef4382300e2a0f0b15f83d66cfd

SHA-1:
287666ed6381957d5b8526fe362a92c165b74a7d

SHA-256:
b5b7ff45d97db376ee019a09b5cb36f4614e7572557fc76e45779ee06122b10d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 11:34:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.SpringSmart (M)
16.1.21.10

File size:
59.7 KB (61,120 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.3.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 StdLib

Original file name:
StdLib.sys

File type:
Driver (Win64 SYS)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\{a88c5367-7ba7-4188-92bf-b63ed9a9e22e}gw64.sys

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spring Smart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/22/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/23/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Spring Smart, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Spring Smart, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5D69FD87A1BCECDB8891F45F148E34E2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/31/2014 8:45:30 AM

OS version:
6.1

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Native (none required)

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:Qot2dxF9O8ZF33iqiIy938bWp9XcfBvJkowidIH9:Q9JRicy938ip9ea1jd

Entry address:
0xF064

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, 4C, 8B, C2, 4C, 8B, C9, E8, 95, FF, FF, FF, 49, 8B, D0, 49, 8B, C9, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 2E, 20, FF, FF, CC, CC, 38, F2, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 1C, F6, 00, 00, 60, C1, 00, 00, 28, F1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, BE, F9, 00, 00, 50, C0, 00, 00, D8, F0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B6, FA, 00, 00, 00, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 9A, FA, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 86, FA, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9645

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

Driver
Display name:
{a88c5367-7ba7-4188-92bf-b63ed9a9e22e}Gw64

Type:
Kernel device driver (KernelDriver)

Group:
PNP_TDI


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