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updateoutobox.exe

outobox

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updateoutobox.exe by outobox has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program outobox by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
outobox  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5260.26191

MD5:
d608be0d0be98e11fdb9075aa4c6a96e

SHA-1:
b7e12f2c1f5f0cea19566128c14d2b6b9f652ad3

SHA-256:
9dbda4d178927494b3e593801e1179455ddb4d994c685a5be788851eaa149ca3

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:
4/20/2024 3:28:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.outobox (M)
16.2.3.21

File size:
310.3 KB (317,720 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5260.26191

Original file name:
outobox.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\outobox\updateoutobox.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
outobox

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2014 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=outobox, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=outobox, 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:
603472DEF1C8B65B2E93E06C16768DB7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/27/2014 11:33:16 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ngiBn8qiJpOr+hskbl1V7xOcnuyxfwojm3Y6aubg6Hk:ngiB7iGr+hxnu8wPaB1

Entry address:
0x4D57A

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.0901

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

Code size:
301.5 KB (308,736 bytes)

The file updateoutobox.exe has been discovered within the following program.

outobox  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
This is a potentially unwanted web browser extension designed to deliver search-based redirection by modifying the user's web browser home and search pages.
outobox.net/support
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