WebCakeDesktop.exe

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:
Bake Cake  (signed by Web Cake)

Product:
Desktop

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
2b4500b22f7f904a38b65810df14b2d5

SHA-1:
f11ad1ebe26bb3f65f8d8c61c446c6cae1de0935

SHA-256:
3c443ed29042b20a6aa3c939a08295eff436c62e54e6de8a08d508b048950c4e

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 5:13:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.10.16.19

File size:
51.3 KB (52,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Original file name:
WebCakeDesktop.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/10/2015 6:59:59 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:
7/26/2013 3:29:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:CB3CAypGv/5YndFgO0B3yosxWwNJM67OSBJ2OBLfuCWt28/BLggSEiLgOsJB:CB3C5pGvcmOWwjFfxBKzA8ymiUOM

Entry address:
0xC972

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.1888

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

Code size:
42.5 KB (43,520 bytes)

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

Name:
WebCake Desktop

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


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