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utilmelondrea.exe

melondrea

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilmelondrea.exe by melondrea has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Util melondrea”. 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.
Publisher:
melondrea  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5163.15829

MD5:
7950ca5a90687ba6140ae37d081ece5d

SHA-1:
5a2dd4e189ad3fdef9331b9c4f0c882f1ff07a1e

SHA-256:
f7ef9f83799533987f4bb3377a971698a02e6a3094f57d64882653a485ae9338

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
5/20/2024 5:20:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.20
9.0.1.058

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.9446

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Melondrea.A
v2014.02.27.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.melondrea.N
14.2.27.17

File size:
78.3 KB (80,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5163.15829

Original file name:
melondrea.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\melondrea\bin\utilmelondrea.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
melondrea

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=melondrea, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=melondrea, 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:
1E3D0BA5A8E3C43BCD552347B3BB8B2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2014 5:47:53 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:t4wfz7Llf7c2aKExW7scDqC4cdmBPa0XVpYMOvG0NkObneKhi5cw:jf/5oi4WIc5DiaaYBG0NFb7sCw

Entry address:
0x135EE

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, D8, 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, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 00, 5C, 40, 01, 00, 7C, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 02, 34, 00, 00, 00, 56, 00, 53, 00, 5F, 00, 56, 00, 45, 00, 52, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
69.5 KB (71,168 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util melondrea

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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