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Cat Dog

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file plugincontainer.bak 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:
1.0.5719.39013

MD5:
c80c5147c30bee1e5dd964dac66d7479

SHA-1:
cfec448f24cb8c95d1726d4baf433b5d702eca7a

SHA-256:
5bc9922a246911396770aa8fb2d31d7afb322d611c7534bb2faedfe8400ae684

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 3:26:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
15.8.30.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,204,952 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5719.39013

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\plugincontainer.bak

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 12:40:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Pjv2t/MYESu5KWtx2nCuoOQQJwLvZ45gOpd6x89yyU8I:Pjv42SuvHOmZpN8Q8I

Entry address:
0x5E714

Entry point:
E8, EF, 79, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 34, F0, 4B, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 7D, 08, 85, F6, 74, 13, F6, 06, 10, 74, 0E, 8B, 0F, 83, E9, 04, 51, 8B, 01, 8B, 70, 18, FF, 50, 20, 89, 7D, F8, 89, 75, FC, 85, F6, 74, 0C, F6, 06, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 24, B1, 4B, 00, 5F, 5E, 8B, E5, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51...
 
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Entropy:
6.5039

Code size:
740.5 KB (758,272 bytes)

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