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Desktop.Maintain

Web Cake

This file is part of the Web Cake web browser extension, an adware plugin for various web browsers designed to deliver context based advertising injected directly in the web pages a user is viewing as well opens advertisements that appear independently outside the context of the program, website, or other source the advertisements are promoting. The file maintain.dat by Web Cake has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. By plugging into the web browser, this extension will inject advertisements both banner and context hyperlinks based on the web sites being visited. It can be installed from the program's website or it may be bundled by third-party software installation programs. It is part of the Yontoo branded browser-extension.
Publisher:
Microsoft  (signed by Web Cake)

Product:
Desktop.Maintain

Version:
1.0.0.17

MD5:
2f50e004b65c4da261bc0e278fce5317

SHA-1:
7a2ae8aff158e991f27920cc3a83fdb84c1cfc0f

SHA-256:
0a6435216661ebeab36c33b1752fcbfdee82858ac76943a60a99845ad39eeb77

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 8:06:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.WebCake.C
383

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/WebCake.C
7.11.108.192

avast!
Win32:Webcake-A [Adw]
2014.9-160117

AVG
AdInject.WebCake
2017.0.2861

Bitdefender
Adware.WebCake.C
1.0.20.85

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
17838

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.WebCake
8.16.01.17.12

ESET NOD32
MSIL/WebCake (variant)
10.8943

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Fam.NB
1/17/2016

F-Secure
Adware.WebCake.C
11.2016-17-01_1

G Data
Adware.WebCake
16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.WebCake
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12484

McAfee
Artemis!084184A08DB1
5600.6517

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/WebCake
1.10904

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.WebCake.C
17.0.0.51

nProtect
Adware.WebCake.C
14.02.23.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/OCJ.D
16.01.17.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.767
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.WebCake.r3 (Not a Virus)
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.WebCake (M)
16.1.17.12

Sophos
Generic PUA HF
4.93

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1004
7.2.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
26790

File size:
250.3 KB (256,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.17

Copyright:
Copyright © Microsoft 2013

Original file name:
Desktop.Maintain.dll

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\movdap\dat\maintain.dat

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Cake

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/8/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/9/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Cake, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Web Cake, L=Carlsbad, 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:
06B9035EE5A556582D9427CC2C8DD0BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/19/2013 1:02:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:+Q/1p+VtCBDgJtA6poeUP96DifFOcJUFcmCsnbaX/T84oYi:FyGBDgk6poe04m9OcJUFPCsnbGe

Entry address:
0x3E66A

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:
7.7780

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

Code size:
242 KB (247,808 bytes)

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