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updatewebconnect.exe

Web Layers

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updatewebconnect.exe by Web Layers has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Web Layers  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5766.13050

MD5:
089316f57c186f133a88d6be7cb1de3c

SHA-1:
9d0540f8f3e72b3b8c74c6651ed0f65428b13f05

SHA-256:
fed428dbef75a502ec532d7654507ad7f451fcfe9a5afe231f365fb9a1e974ea

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:
5/1/2024 12:43:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.14

File size:
461.9 KB (473,000 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5766.13050

Original file name:
WebConnect2015101515.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Layers

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/4/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Web Layers, O=Web Layers, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
2B5CEE8A350D1CE33516994DA29EC29D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2015 5:15:00 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7348E

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

Code size:
453.5 KB (464,384 bytes)

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