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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:
1.0.5719.39104

MD5:
00328dedebaa1b3f7fcf021c7c4b7fa2

SHA-1:
259037220b7388885db2c92648a1f36d3bada3bd

SHA-256:
5724c6bf2aa3e3b1a637342451ca74eec9647bf5acc7a4b929269daf6096a87a

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:
4/26/2024 7:43:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
15.8.30.13

File size:
1.3 MB (1,376,472 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5719.39104

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\plugins\5bak\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 12:43:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7PhEpTzgUflmnn08qmjG2R27NN+1mowFzPeHgZq6GSDWP5mqq6:bhm6n7qmjGuTwdwgZHqP5mqq6

Entry address:
0x8538A

Entry point:
E8, 00, C4, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, F0, F6, 53, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 28, DD, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, F0, F6, 53, 00, FF, 15, 90, 52, 4E, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 23, 57, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, D0, 52, 4E, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D5, DB, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, F0, F6, 53, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 48, 51, 4E, 00, 53, E8, 73, 93, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.5142

Code size:
912 KB (933,888 bytes)

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