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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 20 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update ScanTack”. This file is typically installed with the program ScanTack by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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.

File name:

utilscantack.exe

Publisher:

Scan Tack (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5273.25294

MD5:

e4757d4758972101f636f762e0b451f7

SHA-1:

e0c79cf64c77755289c7f03bedf9d7a7ac1cffdf

SHA-256:

22c83e25cf1442c8ea401050ef5927d58b4331b835437d7799b3d17e8eda1cb1

Scanner detections:

20 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 9:47:14 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y

818

Agnitum Outpost

Riskware.Agent

7.1.1

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3296

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.14119

Bitdefender

Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y

1.0.20.1565

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y

8.14.11.09.05

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox (variant)

8.10055

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/BrowseFox

11/9/2014

F-Secure

Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y

11.2014-09-11_1

G Data

Adware.SwiftBrowse

14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.WebCake

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.ScanTack.A

v2014.11.09.05

McAfee

Artemis!E4757D475897

5600.6952

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y

15.0.0.939

nProtect

Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y

14.07.06.01

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/Malware.QVM03.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

Adware.Service.ScanTack.M

14.11.9.5

Sophos

Generic PUA OA

4.98

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0609

7.2.313

VIPRE Antivirus

Yontoo

31046

File size:

310.3 KB (317,728 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5273.25294

Original file name:

ScanTack.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Scan Tack

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/22/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/23/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:

6/9/2014 5:03:24 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:1K/Bn8YkMxyosek2VpJDiQjoK9fS35EQubns:1K/BhkhosCFogo59Ys

Entry address:

0x4D5CE

Entry point:

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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

301.5 KB (308,736 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Update ScanTack

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

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

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.

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