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fasterlightun.exe

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Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application fasterlightun.exe by Follow Rules has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Faster Light by Faster Light.
Publisher:
Follow Rules  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
3693534bef9688f7a7df71769f70c4be

SHA-1:
cb12dfb7df4f8b41560ef83819b400b18b7ece2f

SHA-256:
0c673af47eb1e7823b82532966a4380d6d249c0e479c0cfd1dba97d322e0b288

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:
4/29/2024 2:50:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.11

File size:
546.2 KB (559,344 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
Faster Light Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\faster light\fasterlightun.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Follow Rules

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Follow Rules, O=Follow Rules, 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:
360C16AC576B09F5DFA927EA0089856F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 11:22:58 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x86948

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 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, 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, 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, 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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1501

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
530.5 KB (543,232 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Faster Light

Display publisher:
Faster Light

Display version:
2014.12.22.092158

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\Faster Light\FasterLightUn.exe OFS_


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