WebConnect2015040117.exe

Web Layers

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file WebConnect2015040117.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:
1.0.5569.16842

MD5:
2cc03a97cd5d0faccc5da015ed16cf38

SHA-1:
53744a274035dbdcaab8b03874685fdc740a1840

SHA-256:
363988a6b56b74b4390dce557efdab2e60cbc51fd0b626b12ba7b1d07380f2aa

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:
4/19/2024 11:40:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.WebLayers (M)
16.2.12.14

File size:
403.8 KB (413,472 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5569.16842

Original file name:
WebConnect2015040117.exe

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webconnect\bin\tmp3522.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/31/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2015 2:59:59 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:
4/1/2015 8:21:42 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:wEnqT4PKsrImVPVqpUoCqBVH67+r5J8VrPjQsq44sqqlqbnF4EoQ0aMXVQyKr0y:LnBCpU5qBVa77NPQsqq+NK40y

Entry address:
0x64AA2

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

Code size:
395 KB (404,480 bytes)

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