updategroovedock.exe

GrooveDock

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 GrooveDock will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updategroovedock.exe by GrooveDock 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 GrooveDock”. This file is typically installed with the program GrooveDock by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
GrooveDock  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5211.24955

MD5:
04646463fb93e727421168995aeb5d79

SHA-1:
0627d5f851c597dbbb34ce64bff042921750740f

SHA-256:
ee18c64907875a2a5ce63135b575faed96241dcb17e830130a349834ada6087c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 9:08:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.GrooveDock (M)
16.2.11.22

File size:
342.3 KB (350,496 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5211.24955

Original file name:
GrooveDock.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\groovedock\updategroovedock.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/2/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GrooveDock, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=GrooveDock, 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:
0C7421B6412CA84DD678EF8B3B2645BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/2014 11:52:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:nBz5C4EuoeYz6E41yWvaeVzN+Lpju0VQlUzQdXc1+k4a90czbs1C:nBz5pa/0k+kyjM

Entry address:
0x5556E

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

Code size:
333.5 KB (341,504 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update GrooveDock

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file updategroovedock.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

GrooveDock  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
GrooveDock is an adware application that is distributed by Yontoo, a division of Sambreel Holdings based in Carlsbad, CA. It is a rebrand of the various other web browser extensions that Yontoo delivers all with similar names. The program is included as part of a download bundle.
groovedock.net/support
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