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updater.exe

Express Find

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updater.exe by Express Find has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Mgr ExpressFind”. 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:
Express Find  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5568.40702

MD5:
fb9f990bfab6d3310c9bf0a760ad647d

SHA-1:
19b9f91caeed54378746a855fef8510828971941

SHA-256:
0d3b021418adfaf6bd6ae82ac8e633caf6626901c14530e7e9e75e7505b1dc9f

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:32:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.04.03

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3153

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1541

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.091

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AM potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11418

F-Prot
W32/S-9bf36615
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.StrongSignal
15.4.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15469

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dptkzc
0.30.8.659

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.01.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Yontoo
15.4.2.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
38956

File size:
546.7 KB (559,856 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5568.40702

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\77790361-426c-4fa2-8cf3-5994543d685d\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Express Find

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/6/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/6/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Express Find, O=Express Find, 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:
77B12701E8BEED7CAC979CAD84929826

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2015 8:36:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mlqcqhherRA2AP/l3J7d3FO99kP/No58cPCA8tdbDsgi3brbTpvJC6zUGQIZl9bM:mUcqhherRA2AP/l3J7dVO99kP/NS8c63

Entry address:
0x1F092

Entry point:
E8, F4, EC, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, C0, 30, 48, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 94, 08, 48, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 2F, EE, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9...
 
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Entropy:
6.5343

Code size:
411 KB (420,864 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Mgr ExpressFind

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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