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utillizardlink.exe

Lizardlink

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utillizardlink.exe by Lizardlink 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 Lizardlink”.
Publisher:
Lizardlink  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5137.32743

MD5:
e59fbd2d29cd72c61aa83e43f36d3b19

SHA-1:
274e12bd9c72326d810b05a391b234c98b7bca1e

SHA-256:
8e525de071d53013b74b8000aa71cad7b4279c4d6bb257c6844c82dbaa338d38

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:
4/18/2024 6:36:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.Lizardlink (M)
16.2.15.12

File size:
99.8 KB (102,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5137.32743

Original file name:
Lizardlink.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lizardlink\bin\utillizardlink.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lizardlink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/14/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lizardlink, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Lizardlink, 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:
75D65D3F9991F633C8AC64A5AE9E34EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/24/2014 7:11:42 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:AbSdpxIVkiUTo0+NbXuGeVh8Ub1JdCPoF:AbEpOVkiUT3+Ru3Nb1DTF

Entry address:
0x18BCA

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, E0, 02, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
91 KB (93,184 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util Lizardlink

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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