WebCakeDesktop.exe

WebCake Desktop

Web Cake

This file is part of the Web Cake web browser extension, an adware plugin for various web browsers designed to deliver context based advertising injected directly in the web pages a user is viewing as well opens advertisements that appear independently outside the context of the program, website, or other source the advertisements are promoting. The application WebCakeDesktop.exe by Web Cake has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘WebCake Desktop’. It is part of the Yontoo web-extension that injects advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
WebCake LLC  (signed by Web Cake)

Product:
WebCake Desktop

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
12336775941d49ce6a4d6f391cb5e02f

SHA-1:
02018858d1f1ef6e42bb20dc0c122569d397888d

SHA-256:
055788eb475e7ac5ea2e03383d3f95bcc88d62f06e4456a5f5dd6b9e78506ab5

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:
4/18/2024 11:15:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.11.24.19

File size:
49.8 KB (50,968 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
(c) WebCake LLC. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
WebCakeDesktop.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\tepfel\webcakedesktop.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/10/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Web Cake, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Web Cake, L=Carlsbad, 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:
06B9035EE5A556582D9427CC2C8DD0BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/23/2013 8:12:13 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:o0lgd092CbDgX8UUuOQJBTLewCOKLnvGFwN:7HgzUu7BewSGFwN

Entry address:
0xC3AE

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.9639

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

Code size:
41 KB (41,984 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
WebCake Desktop

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\tepfel\webcakedesktop.exe"


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