cantataweb.browseradapter.exe

Cantataweb

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application cantataweb.browseradapter.exe by Cantataweb has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Cantataweb  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0260f5ecb1aa5a7d15f741bbd3999d16

SHA-1:
da0013c880d27864369d4453c5271b129baff619

SHA-256:
1b446522e236859f6fe0da09b000fc82113b054adbfc93e30b7409e8c24e0491

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:
5/24/2024 3:00:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.6

File size:
94.3 KB (96,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\cantataweb\bin\cantataweb.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/9/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 2:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Cantataweb, O=Cantataweb, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
013BE12950E38B1ABDBF9C4FCB5C264F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/31/2014 8:42:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x30E5

Entry point:
E8, 85, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 70, 40, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 07, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3E, 22, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, C5, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, BF, 6C, 53, 41, 00, BE, 10, 02, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 02, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, FC, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3658

Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

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