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updater.exe

Cat Dog

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updater.exe by Cat Dog 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 Mgr GetTheResultsHub”.
Publisher:
Cat Dog  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5720.8515

MD5:
5726e44eb899bda69b952d7b85910fb8

SHA-1:
1f698ced63a5c22a23618cc82649db98801cf1c0

SHA-256:
d016f3f206ff43167529a7bb83968ba80dc4a5f1084431474059c72dde99f0b6

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:
4/26/2024 7:15:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.CatDog (M)
15.8.30.13

File size:
686.7 KB (703,192 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5720.8515

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\6f66c052-8827-4487-9031-09becb0cf541\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cat Dog

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/9/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cat Dog, O=Cat Dog, 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:
5C76BD56433708C69DEAA66A9837A517

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/30/2015 7:44:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fO4gy4zvZyAu6xuIiHgxwmr+7ToTsIWb8KO+ZLQqUAfwKEsaTwJzl88Z7J:feZyh6xBiHgnK3jxE+ZLeTU88Z7J

Entry address:
0x31C9B

Entry point:
E8, 3B, EB, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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, 50, 4A, 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, 28, 4A, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 6F, EC, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.4094

Code size:
402.5 KB (412,160 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Mgr GetTheResultsHub

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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