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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:
1.0.5412.40418

MD5:
5aaaae84c5c80f928297a34a2dd59a32

SHA-1:
86fa198f16dc8ace9ed8e2b1a5a13678d4ea515b

SHA-256:
c252d7a8170a274c4c7800534fd1749f89c26c68361ec445c4e9059855fe38da

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 6:33:09 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:
1.0.5412.40418

Original file name:
melondrea.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\melondrea\bin\tmpa8f5.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:
10/27/2014 4:27:20 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7F836

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

Code size:
502.5 KB (514,560 bytes)

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