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updatewebspades.exe

WebSpades

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 WebSpades will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updatewebspades.exe by WebSpades has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update WebSpades”. This file is typically installed with the program WebSpades 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:

updatewebspades.exe

Publisher:

WebSpades (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5316.32797

MD5:

29747e019742550ff8985d632f501e87

SHA-1:

5e19b3195802c6be5203fab2809db30a260082c5

SHA-256:

c167c25dba02a524c0be25202d2113d21acc48f9dec93bb19aba610330d520a2

Scanner detections:

7 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Yontoo adware web browser extension update process.

Analysis date:

5/9/2024 11:22:08 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

Webpade

2015.0.3405

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.14723

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.BrowseFox

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.WebSpades.A

v2014.07.23.10

Reason Heuristics

Adware.Yontoo.WebSpades.P

14.7.23.10

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4741131

31208

File size:

314.3 KB (321,824 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5316.32797

Original file name:

WebSpades.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\webspades\updatewebspades.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

WebSpades

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

2/4/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

2/5/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=WebSpades, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WebSpades, L=Santa Monica, 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:

67B477151E4851C39D3B7BD0A019E603

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/22/2014 9:13:32 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:9h2Bn8fInd4r8CXktiLGiy7zXLUMs7gOrYZSm0ETpb5Fa:9h2B2Ia8C75xXrYZSknFa

Entry address:

0x4E5A2

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, D8, 02, 00, 80, 00, 00... 
[+]

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

305.5 KB (312,832 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Update WebSpades

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

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

WebSpades by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

WebSpades 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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