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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”. 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:
Super Web LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5376.37699

MD5:
8f39103d159be3071773e8c834df7b27

SHA-1:
88f1a8ae5803c9962ee99bfd778b3989ebbec53c

SHA-256:
9a45c568e99cf52bfcf5e9dc729dd2c49e0f3ae849151dc8eacffb33e7d21ae2

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:17:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.173.134

AVG
Agent.U
2015.0.3305

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141031

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10445

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
14.0.0.3018

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WebConnect.A
v2014.10.31.07

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.Service.Q
14.10.31.7

Sophos
SuperWeb
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
33306

File size:
317.8 KB (325,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5376.37699

Original file name:
WebConnect.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webconnect\updatewebconnect.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Super Web LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/3/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/4/2015 5:29:59 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:
9/21/2014 3:27:04 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:wdG/h4klCO6SYdFk41EWvVsXPN+AQFSgRM3Wv6ocF6IigkpVf9sZiis9CeisFRoT:wdG/PsN/OplkpH0FB

Entry address:
0x4F32A

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0909

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

Code size:
309 KB (316,416 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update WebConnect

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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