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utiltowertilt.exe

TowerTilt

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utiltowertilt.exe by TowerTilt has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update TowerTilt”. 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:
TowerTilt  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5316.31884

MD5:
3031b6360fc0c80e63f7f3f1ffbfdd89

SHA-1:
cc96a6c429c59358941d2b6cb365fe91714c281a

SHA-256:
d48ab33df17018c7c514350540fab9b13a52aec5ad62b679498d84049aac8a93

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 6:29:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Towit
2015.0.3404

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14723

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.TowerTilt.A
v2014.07.23.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TowerTilt.N
14.7.23.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
31208

File size:
314.3 KB (321,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5316.31884

Original file name:
TowerTilt.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\towertilt\bin\utiltowertilt.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TowerTilt

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TowerTilt, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TowerTilt, L=Santa Monica, 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:
0DC21B60DDFB723E55B2F05376083F29

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/22/2014 9:43:04 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:vqgBn8EspheXZVk6OcrOP1Z9FNMs75hPN8k9+pbq5f:vqgBdsSXZuZxzPkId

Entry address:
0x4E5A6

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

Code size:
305.5 KB (312,832 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update TowerTilt

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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