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stormvade.dll

StormVade

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module stormvade.dll by StormVade has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.stormvade.net.
Publisher:
StormVade  (signed and verified)

Product:
StormVade

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
5bdd26beb22af6897efcccc99d368d03

SHA-1:
74d23c56596746714fe9bf9ddb0ed329c27335fe

SHA-256:
f40628febf2d059e144b30096dd73c24219a21b7d5ddb1dd356191e687b194ce

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:
5/2/2024 1:28:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.StormVade (M)
16.2.18.8

File size:
262.7 KB (269,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) StormVade. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\stormvade.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
StormVade

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/10/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=StormVade, O=StormVade, L=Santa Monica, 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:
2BD76667A1FCF61098D03A68B6C2CECA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/14/2015 2:29:14 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:hnKe0WPE70XLVqUMU1SWBh+lxF63Qv+MgvmZKTNx9iJcE1:hnKe0DILVsISWN+n0mZuY+6

Entry address:
0xF515

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EA, 7E, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, B8, 21, 03, 10, E8, 4C, 02, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 2C, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, C4, 93, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

The file stormvade.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.stormvade.net/bed?r=2015031411&bet=3

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