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updateholdpage.exe

middle pages

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updateholdpage.exe by middle pages has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. 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:
middle pages  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5486.42088

MD5:
ba3d332dbc18b9c1e60cb3045d1d93d9

SHA-1:
7559bc3d348cf2134667e0b56022164c9cf5fe51

SHA-256:
aed5ab07377cf56347c4bf775178b7042bc453b0ef9da7980a92fcf2e8c19df8

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:56:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
734

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.200.132

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3212

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
1.0.20.160

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20669

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
8.15.02.01.05

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox (variant)
9.10995

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
11.2015-01-02_1

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.2.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.190.14603

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HoldPage.A
v2015.02.01.05

McAfee
Artemis!BA3D332DBC18
5600.6868

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
16.0.0.96

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.01.09.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.2.1.5

Sophos
Generic PUA HF
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0109
7.2.32

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
36558

File size:
516.7 KB (529,136 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5486.42088

Original file name:
HoldPage2015010907.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\updateholdpage.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
middle pages

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=middle pages, O=middle pages, 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:
01FD540333A96486522A2EDFD3C2E0B3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2015 7:23:04 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6JDoFBCBNpRaIdtdbS6KXvu1p6iByBMq9:623QpRZ4vu1pjQz

Entry address:
0x80E16

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:
5.9162

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

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

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