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maintainer.exe

AtuZi

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application maintainer.exe by AtuZi has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “MaintainerSvc1.07.7582799”. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
AtuZi  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5416.28271

MD5:
b1df48e2c90662b213268c990dc9c8e9

SHA-1:
7776f616c6c645d0a9648b8ce6cf055788d983bb

SHA-256:
87e6093297daa2fd518e70e52bb0a2ab7249cee689a7050bcbed5d952d3a9567

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:27:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
827

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.10.31

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.182.130

avast!
Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141031

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.1520

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-22685
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.281
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.10.31

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox
8.10648

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
11.2014-31-10_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.10.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
15.0.0.912

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.AtuZi.K
14.10.31.5

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.476
2.0.0.1973

File size:
120.8 KB (123,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5416.28271

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\2d59c1f1-1b49-4b07-808d-b3efb9779fdf\maintainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AtuZi

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/17/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/18/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AtuZi, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AtuZi, L=Santa Monica, 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:
1095EBEC0EFD96E9E4C801DCA0909C26

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/31/2014 12:42:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:hK35/9oxfTk+cvn6+PQI0ypxCOh3bZvIO:hKCLPoHLhrZvIO

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:
6.1804

Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

Service
Display name:
MaintainerSvc1.07.7582799

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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