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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:
1.0.5810.40482

MD5:
97399464ed834a39b3b93fba1f53433e

SHA-1:
6323c6b49cc9355c8ce210cbf02b78fee095316d

SHA-256:
eca0498a842b0b12bff6a1f7324ba413e3826f77cda307a5106629fecb5141b4

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:
4/19/2024 8:26:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
15.11.29.13

File size:
436.7 KB (447,192 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5810.40482

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\plugins\10\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cat Dog

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 7:59:59 PM

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:
11/29/2015 1:29:32 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:scVlnvtQv9hj4lIQ80Al/hI6ZrtK5SmomPYj:nlQDQJWlZI6ZZK5SmGj

Entry address:
0x23206

Entry point:
E8, BD, E8, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 00, 55, 46, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 49, DA, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, 00, 55, 46, 00, FF, 15, 08, 42, 45, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 00, 55, 46, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 34, 41, 45, 00, 53, E8, C6, A2, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, 20, 56, 46, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Entropy:
6.5980

Code size:
330.5 KB (338,432 bytes)

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