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WebConnect.exe

Super Web LLC

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file WebConnect.exe by Super Web has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including WebConnect 3.0.0 by Yontoo Technology, Inc. and Buzzdock by Alactro LLC, both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Super Web LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5298.31801

MD5:
ac123b67023b2b1e7cab7f976e4e8950

SHA-1:
b47c4031d8c11e21d7ec643919b76638d0adf772

SHA-256:
2d6aa5a2dd904fa79ea978f89ac132d3963f372807bf3b56463c1c908cfd560f

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:
4/20/2024 2:36:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.SuperWeb (M)
16.2.15.15

File size:
311.3 KB (318,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5298.31801

Original file name:
WebConnect.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webconnect\tmp2677.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Super Web LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/3/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/4/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Super Web LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Super Web LLC, L=Los Angeles, 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:
27033EAA9AFF39A69AA31E701AC9D731

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/5/2014 12:10:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:UzpBn8YHnVpdKfsxVarkyZFO+Hd4VwOizSWV/mbnub7/Ji:UzpBhHVpdKf6VajWwDzSTLw/Ji

Entry address:
0x4D8D2

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:
6.0847

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

Code size:
302.5 KB (309,760 bytes)

The file WebConnect.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Buzzdock  by Alactro LLC
This is a web browser extension that injects advertising. From the EULA: "Buzzdock is free to download and use. Buzzdock is supported by advertising, and users will see additional ads on websites where Buzzdock features operate.
www.buzzdock.com/faq-support
79% remove it
WebConnect 3.0.0  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
WebConnect is a web browser extension, toolbar and Browser helper Object (for Internet Explorer) that delivers contextual based advertising to the web browser.
webconnect.co/support
81% remove it
 
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