updateappenable.exe

AppEnable

Part of the Yontoo web browser plugin (delivers advertisements to the web browser in the form of injected banners, text-links, popups, etc.) the updater mechanism for AppEnable will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updateappenable.exe by AppEnable has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update AppEnable”.
Publisher:
AppEnable  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5419.40525

MD5:
dca7006002cae59c4861c82c89db6493

SHA-1:
9afe681b321f14e1e6967b781c04983d1ebdf93b

SHA-256:
9a67c8d8b141f55dd9dfad30619ddfdf8a8876d05b8e6c8230c528e63220689d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo adware web browser extension update process.

Analysis date:
5/20/2024 1:27:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.1.21.13

File size:
511.2 KB (523,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5419.40525

Original file name:
AppEnable.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\appenable\updateappenable.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/2/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/3/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AppEnable, O=AppEnable, 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:
6860DA46B7B1033AEAA52297BEEE857A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/3/2014 1:31:13 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7F99E

Entry point:
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[+]

Entropy:
5.9323

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

Code size:
502.5 KB (514,560 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update AppEnable

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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