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hoolapp.exe

Hoolapp

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application hoolapp.exe by Hoolapp has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to automatically run when the computer boots.
Publisher:
Hoolapp  (signed and verified)

MD5:
92f6822cdbcb2050319b079db18dc2b5

SHA-1:
aa2d6dd24c3567f188933b998a09c355c35c4764

SHA-256:
92045b061e735dcd96dd71f1a51cdc7bfd34bb618cdf7b9ed8db8a6ecf787482

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 10:09:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.8.24.7

File size:
1.2 MB (1,207,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\hoolappforandroid\hoolapp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hoolapp

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/19/2012 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/20/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Hoolapp, O=Hoolapp, STREET=63 Rothschild Blvd., L=Tel-Aviv, S=NA, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
1205B27293082834E7A5D38AE9D121B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:K1XuxUm4husI64mniepOghyrT2jijP3GIzErZ0VsLnlcJP1KsL+LFrLoQND1CTUh:K1ZuX6/cO03GAE9wKsyLJEZXoGFPQBac

Entry address:
0xD7120

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 1C, 51, 41, 00, E8, B8, F9, FF, FF, 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, 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...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
878 KB (899,072 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Hoolapp Init

Trigger:
Boot (Runs on boot)


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