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GrooveDock

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilgroovedock.exe by GrooveDock has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Util GrooveDock”. This file is typically installed with the program GrooveDock by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
GrooveDock  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5239.25767

MD5:
7c16dc983475303dd890d7c4438f66c4

SHA-1:
d7809683b9a0ae557ce7157362b0ca52e4760bbb

SHA-256:
7a82c2afe40677865dd89fd310cb8f1bfd293e55ba7928be50c8b5dae7d7b987

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:
4/25/2024 9:58:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.GrooveDock (M)
16.1.28.14

File size:
309.3 KB (316,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5239.25767

Original file name:
GrooveDock.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\groovedock\bin\utilgroovedock.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GrooveDock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/2/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GrooveDock, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=GrooveDock, 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:
0C7421B6412CA84DD678EF8B3B2645BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/6/2014 12:19:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:f+Bn8KZcRrnDWkW3jCNrReBMF8mPzBudh/zefbqY:f+B3ZsnDInWK2duCJ

Entry address:
0x4D11E

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:
6.0836

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

Code size:
300.5 KB (307,712 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util GrooveDock

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

GrooveDock  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
GrooveDock 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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