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LinkSwift.Msvcmon.dll

linkswift

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module LinkSwift.Msvcmon.dll 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:
1.0.5424.2747

MD5:
8d8a96d47762f83faee9de9dc1c5543b

SHA-1:
e248e15fea10488ab5b59049c20b96bfedb0d9b6

SHA-256:
7e37d63ed6fa17e8eaa7963fc9c1e2480b4f286dc1ceca86721516e7860339b0

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:
4/18/2024 9:38:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.linkswift (M)
16.2.11.7

File size:
616.8 KB (631,584 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5424.2747

Original file name:
LinkSwift.Msvcmon.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\linkswift\bin\plugins\linkswift.msvcmon.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
linkswift

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/11/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
11/6/2014 11:31:40 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:DG+X0wi73uVUUjwolg4owroOvHlq1t423ykka8dX+wWAZF5ULT0pny+6BTXQ02kq:KQiuVUpob/8OvHs3tbP0pvxkep5ZN

Entry address:
0x9A1D0

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

Code size:
608.5 KB (623,104 bytes)

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