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Desktop.Phoenix

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 phoenix.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 web-extension that injects advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Microsoft  (signed by Web Cake)

Product:
Desktop.Phoenix

Version:
1.0.0.21

MD5:
31c1041241eb9a68256c63428b3ad2c3

SHA-1:
f4aa000d7cec7c1dd6cae20eaba12ee1786c13c3

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 12:04:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.WebCake.C
865

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/WebcakeA.A.67
7.11.160.46

avast!
Win32:Webcake-A [Adw]
2014.9-140922

AVG
AdInject.WebCake
2015.0.3343

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.MSIL.WebCake
4.0.3.14922

Bitdefender
Adware.WebCake.C
1.0.20.1325

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18846

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.WebCake
8.14.09.22.12

ESET NOD32
MSIL/WebCake (variant)
8.9116

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Fam.NB
9/22/2014

F-Secure
Adware.WebCake.C
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Adware.WebCake
14.9.22

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.WebCake
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.175.10750

McAfee
Artemis!31C1041241EB
5600.6999

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/WebCake
1.10701

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.WebCake.C
15.0.0.795

nProtect
Adware.WebCake.C
13.11.29.02

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.09.22.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebCake.K
14.9.22.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16298B87!371821447
23.00.65.14920

Sophos
Generic PUA JM
4.93

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0822
7.2.265

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
23876

File size:
423.8 KB (433,944 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.21

Copyright:
Copyright © Microsoft 2013

Original file name:
Desktop.Phoenix.dll

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\AppData\betcat\dat\phoenix.dat

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Cake

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/8/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/9/2015 8:59:59 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:
11/27/2013 4:15:54 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:nzAL31NirZHdCYRuiXNqaKScD+L8zXMrJnnYuVgK2eiqcOBMlDmrVI:nzAz4QFF88zXMJnnYuh2eiIBMlDkVI

Entry address:
0x69C02

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

Code size:
415.5 KB (425,472 bytes)

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