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Cat Dog

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

Version:
1.0.5719.39049

MD5:
8b3680a53c60bef0f4458e23cf58d4da

SHA-1:
22458f885c92d8eb778c0e693b851f4575a06239

SHA-256:
699294ef37f726b689a310b75964850775ed676b31e2fd950fbcb3816f6f1364

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:
4/25/2024 9:00:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
15.8.30.13

File size:
1.8 MB (1,869,016 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5719.39049

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\plugins\2bak\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cat Dog

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/9/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cat Dog, O=Cat Dog, 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:
5C76BD56433708C69DEAA66A9837A517

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/30/2015 12:41:56 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0qufGT5l2Ykl7lco0pjmrxQ6AY7AcxjnyT2VEbfKWa1bXqqftWD+i5LK4mYl:12Ykl7lxgjmrO6AdgEmWa1bXIV55mYl

Entry address:
0xC45B5

Entry point:
E8, 59, 92, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, E0, 56, 5B, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 5C, E9, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, E0, 56, 5B, 00, FF, 15, 14, 51, 52, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 49, 30, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, 94, 53, 52, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 0A, E8, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, E0, 56, 5B, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 20, 51, 52, 00, 53, E8, 1C, 58, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.6063

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,195,008 bytes)

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