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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.
Publisher:
Web Layers  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5723.36018

MD5:
4b47549dc05798ee88e8d0f83a10ccbf

SHA-1:
9c45c7f0f59f65d7d6a8dc53ed7b2fc8d311f257

SHA-256:
e1f7a0f41bed0e3de98ae0660db2be6cc2b4f47a91176b802535e05132c15a71

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:
5/1/2024 12:37:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.11

File size:
445.9 KB (456,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5723.36018

Original file name:
WebConnect2015090304.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:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/4/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Web Layers, O=Web Layers, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
2B5CEE8A350D1CE33516994DA29EC29D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/3/2015 11:00:37 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x6F5AE

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0071

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

Code size:
437.5 KB (448,000 bytes)

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