WebConnect2015030918.exe

Web Layers

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file WebConnect2015030918.exe by Web Layers has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Web Layers  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5546.18108

MD5:
57a98671f58b6dcc8e6a25e233949bf0

SHA-1:
9603ca0f44ff8de3ae1551c05dbe54789282cda9

SHA-256:
c0991e0ace4082645c8e28e0de3af9df5f80b960d22acba3bbb8ef1809994dd0

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 9:21:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.WebLayers (M)
16.2.11.19

File size:
395.8 KB (405,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5546.18108

Original file name:
WebConnect2015030918.exe

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webconnect\bin\tmp4724.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/31/2013 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2015 4:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Web Layers, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Web Layers, L=Santa Monica, 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:
68B083249006BA50D35F50A8F44CD7D4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/9/2015 11:03:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:lDIDJ7fjZdEvjOHMeCeFAHtLlxEpy/MXJuySFAmsKQlV4JgNue:lsd7fsvSHfF2Epy/Mgy8hsKQzt

Entry address:
0x62B5E

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

Code size:
387 KB (396,288 bytes)

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