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utilwebget.exe

webget

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilwebget.exe by webget has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program webget by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
webget  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5357.38637

MD5:
b92492b13cbfea600bf2c48a0c0b7835

SHA-1:
8e80b62640e3a10c354e867437e81ce4445d5c77

SHA-256:
d46e3c494d1fbc7e403bd26bf51b1485ae7b5282482304673cb533fdd30abf23

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:
4/27/2024 3:25:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.webget (M)
16.2.15.1

File size:
315.8 KB (323,352 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5357.38637

Original file name:
webget.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webget\bin\utilwebget.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
webget

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/21/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=webget, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=webget, 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:
2DDF0A91A7D2108F978BEB26D4734BBA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/1/2014 7:28:11 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:L1yfAzZN/gPy2jiq47Vw2d72t8P16dLJQj5bEd7XbnJy:L1yfy4TZLJQ65rJy

Entry address:
0x4EBA6

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

Code size:
307 KB (314,368 bytes)

The file utilwebget.exe has been discovered within the following program.

webget  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
The webget adware injects advertising in the user's Internet browser by running as an extension and/or add-on. Ads are delivered in the form of banners and text-links (roll-overs) as well as some popup ads.
webwebget.com/support
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