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Hold Page

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application holdpageuninstall.exe by Hold Page has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Hold Page by Hold Page. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Hold Page by Yontoo Technology, Inc. and Buzzdock by Alactro LLC, both potentially unwanted software. 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:
Hold Page  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8bf0bbcbe967cada152264cbfb4fe315

SHA-1:
f42cf3ab2eb8731d2574874b9a65a32d8253482a

SHA-256:
aafef6dae8e0e3db6ad9a8464ff4147c139b6d2bee831b1259cb7f343837aa04

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
7/2/2025 12:00:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
BrowseFox-D [PUP]
141119-1

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141124

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HoldPage.R
14.12.1.0

File size:
252.9 KB (258,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\holdpageuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hold Page

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/1/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/2/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Hold Page, O=Hold Page, 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:
5097461A9471FDD2B020491B464CDCD9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:kZ+11AoKOw4Ty/1RWBT5I+Q+uYVRrhxkT/wZm/G/HckGu:0FOw4Ts1s15BuYVri/p/G/8A

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8677

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Hold Page

Display publisher:
Hold Page

Display version:
2014.11.24.142211

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\Hold Page\HoldPageuninstall.exe


The file holdpageuninstall.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Buzzdock  by Alactro LLC
This is a web browser extension that injects advertising. From the EULA: "Buzzdock is free to download and use. Buzzdock is supported by advertising, and users will see additional ads on websites where Buzzdock features operate.
www.buzzdock.com/faq-support
79% remove it
Hold Page  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
Hold Page is an adware program that installs as a web browser plugin to inject and display advertisements.
holdingmypage.com/support
87% remove it
 
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