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updatewebconnect.exe

Super Web LLC

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updatewebconnect.exe by Super Web has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update WebConnect”. This file is typically installed with the program WebConnect 3.0.0 by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Super Web LLC (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5225.28202

MD5:

6f77cd7cc4cc6fd9407fb3a7f405f717

SHA-1:

25838a641553d93a2b8e7d3016eee14d011ad424

SHA-256:

df944a05848a2b2a62426da8e230e6f7e10fc93e482a750701d1adbac16b23d7

Scanner detections:

9 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:

5/4/2024 3:35:23 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.14423

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox (variant)

8.9709

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.WebConnect.A

v2014.04.23.10

McAfee

Artemis!6F77CD7CC4CC

5600.7152

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Trojan.Adware.37e

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Service.SuperWeb.Q

14.8.7.20

Sophos

SuperWeb

4.98

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0423

7.2.113

VIPRE Antivirus

Yontoo

28526

File size:

342.3 KB (350,504 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5225.28202

Original file name:

WebConnect.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\webconnect\updatewebconnect.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Super Web LLC

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/3/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/4/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Super Web LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Super Web LLC, L=Los Angeles, 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:

27033EAA9AFF39A69AA31E701AC9D731

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/22/2014 6:40:20 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:FS5C4OOgGYblU541mWvaeVzN+zhhtSVeSdIGjeif8++Hi3ckbM:FS5L9qpSl+hw

Entry address:

0x5556A

Entry point:

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[+]

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

333.5 KB (341,504 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Update WebConnect

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

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

WebConnect 3.0.0 by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

WebConnect is a web browser extension, toolbar and Browser helper Object (for Internet Explorer) that delivers contextual based advertising to the web browser.

webconnect.co/support

81% remove it

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