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melondrea.exe

melondrea

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

Version:
1.0.5407.23440

MD5:
0baada95c4d396690f332fbb7bbf337f

SHA-1:
49c0b8629c16db098245a0466fca33f50f97c10a

SHA-256:
8cc7de29b98d71b2042189c709cf9d93527202e848b82e48d17704ec2034d39b

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:
4/30/2024 3:47:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.22

File size:
511.2 KB (523,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5407.23440

Original file name:
melondrea.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\melondrea\bin\tmp3408.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
melondrea

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=melondrea, O=melondrea, 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:
58580E4F32DB4FE90920DADE2B01109D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/21/2014 7:01:25 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7F8DA

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, 02, 00, 00, 00, 5C, 00, 00, 00, 1C, F9, 07, 00, 1C, DB, 07, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, B3, 96, 59, 90, FF, 86, 1E, 41, 9C, B3, EE, 5F, A7, 8C, 00, 90, 01, 00, 00, 00, 44, 3A, 5C, 55, 74, 69, 6C, 69, 74, 69, 65, 73, 5C, 7A, 77, 62, 64, 63, 6B, 68, 79, 2E, 69, 69, 35, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B, 74, 6F, 70, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
502.5 KB (514,560 bytes)

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