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steelcutun.exe

Steel Cut

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application steelcutun.exe by Steel Cut has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Steel Cut by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
Steel Cut  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
a13c9a5aeaa120651bb71cac6e01a155

SHA-1:
5f8103b2d1b92fee04ec7179953094848d414da9

SHA-256:
960aebf1e475369c76cd49e4358e4a5189eb21390fb6880b604f00d175f32881

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 7:06:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen4
3.6.1.96

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3133

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15421

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-8bfcc294
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.MSIL.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.SteelCut
15.4.21.3

File size:
549.7 KB (562,928 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
Steel Cut Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\steel cut\steelcutun.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Steel Cut

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Steel Cut, O=Steel Cut, 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:
0ABB826DEFFE019B3B61D91322DE992A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2015 3:54:25 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5PzDmjKgXxyTdvO93Ccu+pGW+HBpLhFvab1:7hdWfu+kpLhVq1

Entry address:
0x87659

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...
 
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Entropy:
6.1597

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

Code size:
534 KB (546,816 bytes)

The file steelcutun.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Steel Cut  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
Steel Cut is an adware program that installs as a web browser plugin to inject and display advertisements.
mysteelcut.com/support
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