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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:
1.0.5309.4310

MD5:
5be81f7a153c570a58d0464069f535bf

SHA-1:
33a266629044d0fc1e65ff6473b7df9bd49f9e7a

SHA-256:
6eb1c02fcae9f11e66da893d5039b88c41250f087240b54f26966dd4cc3e8c12

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:
4/26/2024 9:46:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.0

File size:
314.3 KB (321,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5309.4310

Original file name:
GrooveDock.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\groovedock\bin\tmpcde8.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:
7/15/2014 12:23:55 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x4E586

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

Code size:
305.5 KB (312,832 bytes)

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