utilresultsalpha.exe

ResultsAlpha

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

Version:
1.0.5198.27426

MD5:
5932a293c6ce87caba24f9d04302917a

SHA-1:
ee6c0b52827649289c8aee93fc0afcc515d4a720

SHA-256:
56d9ac20218f4a26ae792d06665d0c4a5f9e8b244f11aa6774cf275ed5f519ed

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 12:50:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.12.19.1

File size:
340.3 KB (348,448 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5198.27426

Original file name:
ResultsAlpha.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\resultsalpha\bin\utilresultsalpha.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ResultsAlpha, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=ResultsAlpha, 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:
469743F6036CB7B569DBDE100D5C126B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2014 5:14:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x54D46

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

Code size:
331.5 KB (339,456 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util ResultsAlpha

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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