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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:
1.0.5885.13301

MD5:
8fca6b2c3fe8389f1749ce147990f163

SHA-1:
9f3b1136d2649e29f746ab7edcc462aaa01c4ab4

SHA-256:
06e192265c72c82b9e6342c8476f714a2aaccd5142f6e306be8c23bc1504e521

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:
4/27/2024 12:52:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
16.2.15.19

File size:
768.7 KB (787,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5885.13301

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\plugins\3\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cat Dog

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
7/8/2016 6:59:59 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:
2/11/2016 9:23:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YvJlAxP9XVWJOiEsF5AFMgPJqjb5O2xnijpxHjYjha:UKX8sBdPIB7xijpdjGha

Entry address:
0x5AEB2

Entry point:
E8, 04, 07, 00, 00, E9, 80, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 4A, 08, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 34, 08, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, F2, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 33, CD, F2, E8, DB, F4, FF, FF, F2, E9, DA, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 33, CD, F2, E8, CA, F4, FF, FF, F2, E9, C9, FF, FF, FF, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24...
 
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Entropy:
6.6247

Code size:
619.5 KB (634,368 bytes)

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