utilbeattool.exe

BeatTool

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

Version:
1.0.5425.16821

MD5:
560b29079648ccb13eaa2d7c7864c492

SHA-1:
041e2bf81e67f913901e15bee093820a4d02ac3e

SHA-256:
2b31cbc58b32bc08eced07f228423070e865ae187deb51a7f0ae2dd4755b4c36

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:
4/16/2024 10:33:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.BeatTool (M)
16.2.8.5

File size:
513.3 KB (525,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5425.16821

Original file name:
BeatTool.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\beattool\bin\utilbeattool.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/12/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BeatTool, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BeatTool, 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:
5A07B7666FDB1CEB67AD677224C30BCB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/8/2014 3:20:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:27E7fWHjGLon8kwNnggafAR86cI1LumBr:27cF39SeP

Entry address:
0x800E6

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

Code size:
504.5 KB (516,608 bytes)

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