updatescantack.exe

Scan Tack

Part of the Yontoo web browser plugin (delivers advertisements to the web browser in the form of injected banners, text-links, popups, etc.) the updater mechanism for Scan Tack will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updatescantack.exe by Scan Tack 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 ScanTack”. This file is typically installed with the program ScanTack by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Scan Tack  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5200.27693

MD5:
2e05b41b7105e63bbf899942f6c4e24e

SHA-1:
f85230503193d68fae197711004a2ba81ac03caa

SHA-256:
928886bc579832b8b90b0409c3efe9a9b7e5aad92c7e21fe011914f55a4b51ce

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo adware web browser extension update process.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:24:22 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.ScanTack (M)
16.2.14.15

File size:
340.3 KB (348,448 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5200.27693

Original file name:
ScanTack.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\scantack\updatescantack.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Scan Tack, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Scan Tack, 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:
44D91A3142283CE62B23F23C84838B0D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/28/2014 5:23:23 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:X8r5C49keJBY9zR41CWvqeVzN+/m5uMeVSsp406NDFWQ7lzstYmNcsbk:X8r5GpF3sFWyCm

Entry address:
0x54D46

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

Code size:
331.5 KB (339,456 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update ScanTack

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file updatescantack.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

ScanTack  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
ScanTack is an adware application that is distributed by Yontoo, a division of Sambreel Holdings based in Carlsbad, CA. It is a rebrand of the various other web browser extensions that Yontoo delivers all with similar names. The program is included as part of a download bundle.
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