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PursuePoint

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application pursuepointun.exe by PursuePoint has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program PursuePoint by PursuePoint.
Publisher:
PursuePoint  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f3a698e8fb656b40308fc74d4766d88e

SHA-1:
a8b8ff4091043ccf1a9b3f9fed9304817e996cfb

SHA-256:
0956cc0b0f5e72b6465b073a7f62da1e33366a157257534b2ed12d75d3852c5f

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:
5/5/2024 12:58:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.3.17

File size:
539.2 KB (552,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
PursuePoint Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pursuepoint\pursuepointun.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PursuePoint

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/4/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/3/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PursuePoint, O=PursuePoint, 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:
1B416158C22AFC9AD4B3FD583E617310

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/27/2015 3:07:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x84C4B

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.1204

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
523.5 KB (536,064 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PursuePoint

Display publisher:
PursuePoint

Display version:
2014.02.26.051729

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\PursuePoint\PursuePointUn.exe REP_


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