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holdpage.expext.exe

middle pages

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application holdpage.expext.exe by middle pages has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
middle pages  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6242.39491

MD5:
07cebc0820bf5f1bbd25180bf173f1a9

SHA-1:
8e874c5ad80242da57a7bfc8e0cb78e18ba64335

SHA-256:
5e9c0a0d7f5357bc647759e6d5b70606b96b4e865b15d08e574b3539f0cdcdc3

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 12:35:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
741

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.BrowseFox
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.01.12

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/BrowseFox.A.58
7.11.200.132

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3219

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15125

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
1.0.20.125

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-140
0.98/21511

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
8.15.01.25.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AA
9.10996

F-Prot
W32/S-4b3c2716
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
11.2015-25-01_1

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.190.14603

McAfee
Artemis!07CEBC0820BF
5600.6875

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
16.0.0.75

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dlbjxp
0.30.0.64448

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.01.09.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.038
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.middlepages
15.1.25.2

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowserFox/Variant
10095

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
36560

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.SwiftBrowse.Win32.1190
2.0.0.2032

File size:
99.2 KB (101,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6242.39491

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\bin\holdpage.expext.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
middle pages

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=middle pages, O=middle pages, 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:
01FD540333A96486522A2EDFD3C2E0B3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/11/2015 11:47:10 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Z161oH5YT40K+R/gEWGnadKCxXfPWK6tHEkynMBfuDOSVgkRjcMb:aE5Y/Ku7YxXf+K6t8OSVg6jcMb

Entry address:
0x561E

Entry point:
E8, AB, 3C, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 64, 7F, 41, 00, FF, 15, 4C, 20, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 2F, 08, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 68, 20, 41, 00, 50, E8, DF, 07, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, C0, 91, 41, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, CD, 3C, 00, 00, 57, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.4319

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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