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utilxaven.exe

Xaven

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

Version:
1.0.5156.29447

MD5:
1d8e22f4d4df6bea5cf231410efbdb47

SHA-1:
2cdf9c12ddf9aa657cdaf24f6f128804635e7729

SHA-256:
06cfb4682a34624728a9b6cb45526c11fef6666d64b6dfd3ea2fcedd820a1d24

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:
4/26/2024 5:56:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.Xaven (M)
16.1.18.21

File size:
78.8 KB (80,664 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5156.29447

Original file name:
Xaven.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\xaven\bin\utilxaven.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xaven

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/7/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Xaven, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Xaven, 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:
0A5CE2C650CAC6A06298CBDABAEB9E5A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/12/2014 2:21:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:8BIfhpflN7BfyhBvttwETY0q4BlrgBPa0PM59rZuB0zkObjKhoqAFb:8ifnj7Zsvt+E4irsa9BuB0zFbG4F

Entry address:
0x1360A

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

Code size:
70 KB (71,680 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util Xaven

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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