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webget.GCUpdate.dll

webget

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo webget branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module webget.GCUpdate.dll by webget has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
webget  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5379.12065

MD5:
c3d5aa9610ded7cb62040d8afb2a5efc

SHA-1:
09b8853df5f94cde0bf01aebeb58ed6f955e144d

SHA-256:
3ca7b4c08dc04df33746dedca3087834dd3ebe110d3de925676eacf99a3ac210

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:42:26 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
864

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.173.240

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-F [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
Webet
2015.0.3342

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14923

Bitdefender
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
1.0.20.1330

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
14.09.23

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-db42cb3b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
11.2014-23-09_3

G Data
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
14.9.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
14.0.0.3207

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
15.0.0.798

nProtect
Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD
14.09.23.01

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.webget.O
14.9.23.13

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
32938

File size:
913.8 KB (935,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5379.12065

Original file name:
webget.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webget\bin\plugins\webget.gcupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
webget

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/22/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/23/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=webget, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=webget, 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:
2DDF0A91A7D2108F978BEB26D4734BBA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2014 9:42:21 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TTQqYot2y0ebrhemtg1zDn4EnBQ9Cw9X2FmXi7rO+srIGLkP:TTpttntguEnsxHy7rfsMGwP

Entry address:
0xE441A

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

Code size:
905.5 KB (927,232 bytes)

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