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:
1.0.5505.15105

MD5:
b16c9695ae10296e365206f34e0c21f7

SHA-1:
9ac16c251fbab566a75a86972acbe8eb5b1dbd07

SHA-256:
6fc627d3e86e05b7c7556f98b857802cccb8607691dd6a1091deebb3cd25887c

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 1:59:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.1.29.18

File size:
649.3 KB (664,864 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5505.15105

Original file name:
Lizardlink2015012716.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
1/27/2015 5:23:40 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xA1FE2

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.9531

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

Code size:
640.5 KB (655,872 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util Lizardlink

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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