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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 11 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:
1.0.5586.31756

MD5:
253ef03ad831bec8dee16aea2be41264

SHA-1:
81254246cec2d249b16ca0d3da8583f7d266b76f

SHA-256:
e4c6decb7c138b6cd512aa9b93073c00d8988f3a2372e35249619ab186ba4e4c

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 12:28:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.04.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3135

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1780
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of updater(1).exe (Adware)
2015.7.20.18

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15641

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dqpmvb
0.30.16.1110

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.19.05

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.ExpressFind
15.4.19.1

File size:
445.3 KB (455,952 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5586.31756

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 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/6/2016 6:59:59 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:
4/19/2015 7:38:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2fBnzXRwsMNyXSd9JHl0a9IHZ2Co7U3sZ:2Zi5Ndd3FbsZ2D7Z

Entry address:
0x23572

Entry point:
E8, FF, D4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 20, 75, 46, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, B8, 47, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, 20, 75, 46, 00, FF, 15, 40, 21, 45, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 20, 75, 46, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 78, 21, 45, 00, 53, E8, FE, A9, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, 40, 76, 46, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Entropy:
6.5363

Code size:
323.5 KB (331,264 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Mgr ExpressFind

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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