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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:
1.0.5719.31844

MD5:
165b27e0c182dd65a47ac90ff26d39ad

SHA-1:
46053947eedbddda2d6dcb51b3339eb9c93b48d3

SHA-256:
af5d507847bd6162ffd188cdd687d007254cf2dee6fd31c340df4ed2740e7707

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:
4/24/2024 7:29:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
15.8.30.13

File size:
1 MB (1,074,392 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5719.31844

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\plugins\10\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 8:41:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vxjowkDpvwYpQglri600f6uTgCshrZe48c5SId5:ClpQgEPLrZe3c53d5

Entry address:
0x62081

Entry point:
E8, 91, A2, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 30, 85, 4F, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 64, D6, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, 30, 85, 4F, 00, FF, 15, 14, F2, 4B, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 2D, 59, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, 50, F2, 4B, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 12, D5, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, 30, 85, 4F, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 30, F1, 4B, 00, 53, E8, 4E, AE, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.5685

Code size:
759 KB (777,216 bytes)

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