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holdpageuninstaller.exe

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 holdpageuninstaller.exe by Hold Page has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.holdingmypage.com.
Publisher:
Hold Page  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
66154595a724a0a917c4b824e131aee4

SHA-1:
aaffcf5199b89f250b29fbb2e7757dbaf930ca9f

SHA-256:
20aaf1cb356b13b58bb0fac745b55735b16942ea9c2476ba51d1ac2376ae8f1e

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:
4/30/2024 7:24:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.HoldPage.Installer (M)
16.7.14.1

File size:
535.2 KB (548,080 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
Hold Page Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\holdpageuninstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hold Page

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

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

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:
11/24/2014 12:27:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GPzDqjVtJMdnJOeMNAY190wB2Dsg1j/l2pghSvHm:xUFoM3DL10pghsHm

Entry address:
0x83CD0

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

Code size:
519.5 KB (531,968 bytes)

The file holdpageuninstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install.holdingmypage.com/ud

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