utilsecretsauce.exe

secretsauce

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilsecretsauce.exe by secretsauce 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 SecretSauce”. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including SecretSauce by Yontoo Technology, Inc. and Buzzdock by Alactro LLC, both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
secretsauce  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5353.670

MD5:
9e720382d6d81ffd6e40305d68e51889

SHA-1:
08f34af3d91d9bdd79017029361bcdfcd3c5237e

SHA-256:
9259620e1d6808f9898253eb8e75e254d422a26dc61da9f8e668199be258e020

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:
4/26/2024 11:41:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.secretsauce (M)
16.2.10.3

File size:
315.8 KB (323,360 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5353.670

Original file name:
SecretSauce.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\secretsauce\bin\utilsecretsauce.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/7/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=secretsauce, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=secretsauce, 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:
4AE20FA715A6AD31570AF66DF284144A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/27/2014 8:22:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:TvUfAz4HJpUiNsRc47ZNMd793Nlk4DLp1tjexOVcAh5Xb2i+:TvUfNpp8ULrtjexOTnyi+

Entry address:
0x4EBC6

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, D4, 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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.0920

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

Code size:
307 KB (314,368 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util SecretSauce

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file utilsecretsauce.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
SecretSauce  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
This toolbar/web browser extension is ad/search-supported that is typically installed as an optional offer, users generally have this bundled with 3rd party software.
secretsauce.biz/support
80% remove it
 
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