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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 18 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:
1.0.5500.699

MD5:
f745bc347e6897e2c94e0142323b270e

SHA-1:
f11271e2b9d6d9d895ecd051773ac7037c63e84e

SHA-256:
38a866ed572f21f4d746a43c315520a17a388d01ef1fe0db346d7d402de5edb7

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 5:12:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
734

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.204.142

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3212

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1521

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
1.0.20.160

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
8.15.02.01.05

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox (variant)
9.11058

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

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.2.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.191.14726

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HoldPage.A
v2015.02.01.05

McAfee
BrowseFox-FTQ
5600.6868

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
16.0.0.96

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AL
15.01.22.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.2.1.5

Sophos
Generic PUA PB
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
36892

File size:
617.7 KB (632,560 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5500.699

Original file name:
HoldPage2015012208.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:
1/22/2015 8:23:26 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rgwcaYY0+xrQKObue/F8ex+FHd0czNVGfA/7YSRZ:rqal0+xL4/Ft+tNVG1y

Entry address:
0x9A246

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:
5.7886

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

Code size:
609 KB (623,616 bytes)

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