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PacFunction

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

Version:
1.0.5441.9756

MD5:
77ffd0ec7a69aa7a6b0d6177c2112d8b

SHA-1:
cb7f25f2ec65c5bc8af79e4d79c4a68059dceb80

SHA-256:
aad36529a4a1c564dbe22314012417a886222df8c7b836739f7eb87bc7f787fd

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:
4/19/2024 12:49:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.PacFunction (M)
16.2.11.22

File size:
120.8 KB (123,680 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5441.9756

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\5a29f6c6-227f-4883-9a26-af8533ba8ccf\maintainer.bak

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PacFunction

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/10/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PacFunction, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PacFunction, 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:
4DF47FADF68D2EB9B8A7923DCCC176FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/24/2014 5:25:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:M3eRgxyOpGX5sfnC6P2dV59IikYYf9J892bbY+mabcQ/Wm1sWjcduPQI0ypxCO8q:8K35/9oxfTk+Jvn6uPQI0ypxCOAXbZvY

Entry address:
0x8A72

Entry point:
E8, 95, 57, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 68, B2, 41, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 79, 45, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 7A, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.1792

Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

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