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{ae83a056-b1be-45db-9a2a-570003828768}gw.sys

CrankWeb

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file {ae83a056-b1be-45db-9a2a-570003828768}gw.sys by CrankWeb 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 kernel mode device driver named “{ae83a056-b1be-45db-9a2a-570003828768}Gw”.
Publisher:
StdLib  (signed by CrankWeb)

Product:
StdLib

Version:
1.4.3.1 built by: WinDDK

MD5:
1d4b60987862d7d17f641c3a495bfa8a

SHA-1:
9daba8c0d2be114ca5127ff04064fdc3fad53e0f

SHA-256:
6395f793c879dfa3fc92372b55c46bdb30e824714f7d3dc61b4552a80661b8b2

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:
4/18/2024 4:46:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.CrankWeb (M)
16.2.12.1

File size:
51.7 KB (52,920 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.3.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 StdLib

Original file name:
StdLib.sys

File type:
Driver (Win32 SYS)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\{ae83a056-b1be-45db-9a2a-570003828768}gw.sys

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CrankWeb

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/2/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CrankWeb, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=CrankWeb, L=San Diego, 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:
6FA2AE19BF84914123C143239E738403

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2014 10:45:28 PM

OS version:
6.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Native (none required)

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:yIsHpnKHCBSqUPJHKQpkJxpKwT2bcWiJmOtX3g2rp3lnTpbb3h:lsHRKHLJqQpkYwTsiTtXxtFbzh

Entry address:
0xC03E

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, E8, BD, FF, FF, FF, 5D, E9, 62, 50, FF, FF, CC, CC, 74, C1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, BC, C4, 00, 00, C0, A0, 00, 00, B4, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 12, C5, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, EC, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, AE, C8, 00, 00, 38, A0, 00, 00, C4, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, A6, C9, 00, 00, 10, A0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, EA, C4, 00, 00, FE, C4, 00, 00, D6, C4...
 
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Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

Driver
Display name:
{ae83a056-b1be-45db-9a2a-570003828768}Gw

Type:
Kernel device driver (KernelDriver)

Group:
PNP_TDI


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