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utilwebspades.exe

WebSpades

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

Version:
1.0.5485.6089

MD5:
8dd87272dc8559b95f16e24b16aa819e

SHA-1:
b1de1a19dcc2c061e60e7b6a61cdc16844ff0ef6

SHA-256:
50cf45f975c2fceba39b6876496f30cd67d05cc847e0f291696cf3ec3181adb1

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:
4/25/2024 8:39:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.7

File size:
516.3 KB (528,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5485.6089

Original file name:
WebSpades2015010711.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webspades\bin\utilwebspades.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebSpades

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
2/5/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WebSpades, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WebSpades, 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:
67B477151E4851C39D3B7BD0A019E603

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/7/2015 3:23:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x80D2E

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:
5.9209

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

Code size:
507.5 KB (519,680 bytes)

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