cantataweb.purbrowse.exe

Cantataweb

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application cantataweb.purbrowse.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:
24dec32608a96b3fedc5b31f1af4ab1f

SHA-1:
cdf8180a7ac37c19149df67160087c1eb5bbe0fb

SHA-256:
a96e976eb389eefd291a7004222c6e7c58f7e38078b10415a351f55f73039a5b

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:
5/23/2024 5:35:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.6

File size:
233.8 KB (239,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\cantataweb\bin\cantataweb.purbrowse.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:
7/3/2014 9:12:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x1C77E

Entry point:
E8, 46, 69, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, A3, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 10, A1, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05...
 
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Entropy:
6.5716

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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