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lookinglink.browseradapter.exe

lookinglink

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

MD5:
c5fbe33d166409ee263bf71070319cd7

SHA-1:
d34a89769dbc8d121551b8d967f0242d04ac3b8a

SHA-256:
31ff61d5fd13d51121f3d5bed3e94d0b1a305aabd43416948c3d797053ea7960

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 10:55:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.18.6

File size:
94.3 KB (96,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lookinglink\bin\lookinglink.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
lookinglink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=lookinglink, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=lookinglink, 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:
3196DD72CC98341089CB73C9BA4B6429

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/14/2014 6:09:02 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x30E5

Entry point:
E8, 85, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 70, 40, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 07, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3E, 22, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, C5, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, BF, 6C, 53, 41, 00, BE, 10, 02, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 02, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, FC, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3786

Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

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