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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:
1.0.5720.1242

MD5:
55b9dd96a8513dbe30ec205aad5b543e

SHA-1:
74c8bec7b1c14a18fdb0199792316c8f3e9d21a8

SHA-256:
dca2154a04af07aaecc1522fa90a49cd5462c2be32763182df373c56f4a78570

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 8:04:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
15.8.30.13

File size:
1.3 MB (1,379,544 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5720.1242

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\plugins\3bak\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 3:41:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Kf0hi4S3hwVctM6zwg6x9FEF2OSzYPBZe7815+tcAOOF:3rGwVcuZVYPBZe78150OOF

Entry address:
0x906A1

Entry point:
E8, 32, A1, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 5A, A2, 01, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 44, A2, 01, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 8B, 7D, 0C, 8B, 06, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, CF, BD, FF, FF, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 4E, 0C, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, 5F, 5E, 5D, E9, BC, BD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55...
 
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Entropy:
6.4984

Code size:
953.5 KB (976,384 bytes)

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