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utilviewplay.exe

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Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilviewplay.exe by ViewPlay has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
ViewPlay  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5446.27674

MD5:
5a6ae683d1e2299f25a08636b0cf0daa

SHA-1:
2a5835a96e4e50c6d4a8664f62016f89562ca20c

SHA-256:
d81b0fb7c59d6bb8b042a4c27c6173ce461fc7b7a913f3b926c94ed43774d7c0

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:
4/29/2024 9:35:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.6.8

File size:
513.2 KB (525,544 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5446.27674

Original file name:
ViewPlay2014112923.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\viewplay\bin\utilviewplay.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ViewPlay

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ViewPlay, O=ViewPlay, 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:
22FA04D7BCBAB5B547C2A93BFC95F6C3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/29/2014 6:22:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x800E6

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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9118

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

Code size:
504.5 KB (516,608 bytes)

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