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viewplayun.exe

ViewPlay

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application viewplayun.exe by ViewPlay has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program ViewPlay by ViewPlay.
Publisher:
ViewPlay  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f320fc5f415974c8670528d429ed3a78

SHA-1:
9663412354e40b8e80a0a67ae05809c428e3eb9b

SHA-256:
161eb7224bd9359b7a001c3ff8e4f3fe47322cacc56a116428a3028dedd788b9

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:
4/29/2024 7:21:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.5.17

File size:
574.7 KB (588,520 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
ViewPlay Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\viewplay\viewplayun.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ViewPlay

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ViewPlay, O=ViewPlay, 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:
22FA04D7BCBAB5B547C2A93BFC95F6C3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/11/2015 8:33:18 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x8DACE

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:
6.1217

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

Code size:
559 KB (572,416 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
ViewPlay

Display publisher:
ViewPlay

Display version:
2015.06.12.002731

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\ViewPlay\ViewPlayUn.exe REP_


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