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GrooveDock.exe

GrooveDock

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

Version:
1.0.5360.33909

MD5:
86a2c480ccf21d0d59d34e49143640ef

SHA-1:
2476f275cc006c02203ea910e6e2b2a776666258

SHA-256:
c2f76f578eb7f2ff4997daeb32922a4b4eeb086a21f5ae58637360d39e8528a4

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:
4/25/2024 11:08:00 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.GrooveDock (M)
16.2.1.17

File size:
315.8 KB (323,360 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5360.33909

Original file name:
GrooveDock.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\groovedock\bin\tmp6807.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GrooveDock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=GrooveDock, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=GrooveDock, 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:
0C7421B6412CA84DD678EF8B3B2645BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/4/2014 4:50:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:AOIfAzoXrxgsrdRK7Qod7Bd7G4STIV9xnzecLkFBZPvM/fRxZcLwhdXbedrk:AOIfp7obxnlcc3Sdrk

Entry address:
0x4EBB6

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, E0, 02, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
307 KB (314,368 bytes)

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