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LinkSwift.exe

linkswift

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file LinkSwift.exe by linkswift has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
linkswift  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5432.15029

MD5:
46d5495fea53ebf770d6c76ab3e3a3bc

SHA-1:
31367fd33484aeae90bb5f2aa4c45a0bac65778f

SHA-256:
bb3f56b804c89976281f81d09b5047174406d90ac9bbbf2fe600d589b2491f52

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 1:28:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.linkswift (M)
16.2.14.17

File size:
513.3 KB (525,600 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5432.15029

Original file name:
LinkSwift.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\linkswift\bin\tmp3add.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
linkswift

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2013 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2015 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=linkswift, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=linkswift, 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:
3AD03D814D9E16358271D2CA8A94AB42

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/15/2014 9:21:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KiMzeJnWzCZGKP1FQv2pJQD3vLj9Vr2RR:KZetJP1FQvdTTiz

Entry address:
0x800B2

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9090

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

Code size:
504.5 KB (516,608 bytes)

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