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utilscantack.exe

Scan Tack

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilscantack.exe by Scan Tack 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 ScanTack”. This file is typically installed with the program ScanTack by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Scan Tack  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5335.21838

MD5:
4b40b595f611ad04df0125fa69c88f3a

SHA-1:
4ddacfd33566b7f68c59836107b212f9049d69a8

SHA-256:
42c8d7fc124eeeb4827e94f5ee93bef7d9ccff9f1f13a61abbfb9f437f62d84e

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:
4/24/2024 12:26:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.ScanTack (M)
15.6.20.2

File size:
315.8 KB (323,360 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5335.21838

Original file name:
ScanTack.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\scantack\bin\utilscantack.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Scan Tack

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/21/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Scan Tack, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Scan Tack, 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:
44D91A3142283CE62B23F23C84838B0D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/10/2014 10:08:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:I2zfAzHA7SYrzTA27lQ3d7IWOnKUoHxwpfsMv6XbWdX:I2zfWmObbxwpfFCi

Entry address:
0x4EBAA

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

Code size:
307 KB (314,368 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util ScanTack

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file utilscantack.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Buzzdock  by Alactro LLC
This is a web browser extension that injects advertising. From the EULA: "Buzzdock is free to download and use. Buzzdock is supported by advertising, and users will see additional ads on websites where Buzzdock features operate.
www.buzzdock.com/faq-support
79% remove it
ScanTack  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
ScanTack 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.
scantack.net/support
81% remove it
 
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