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utilwebconnect.exe

Web Layers

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilwebconnect.exe by Web Layers 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 WebConnect”.
Publisher:
Web Layers  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5686.37842

MD5:
95ed4694d5bd1a2b0861bea43001cd49

SHA-1:
55408e02e23d849b6e74ce00f448cbd37283bd7e

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:
4/19/2024 2:13:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.WebLayers (M)
16.2.12.7

File size:
452.8 KB (463,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5686.37842

Original file name:
WebConnect2015072805.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webconnect\bin\utilwebconnect.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Layers

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/31/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Web Layers, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Web Layers, 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:
68B083249006BA50D35F50A8F44CD7D4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2015 12:01:24 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:ZizBIo69tiCWYaC8PIoLFIevv3rhXcKS2y38l1dFwGQxf3Rz9Y9NGtVHEX:oze95kRLbPdl1dFwGQzEIY

Entry address:
0x70E0E

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:
6.0351

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

Code size:
444 KB (454,656 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util WebConnect

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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