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websparkle.browseradapter.exe

WebSparkle

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

MD5:
8689229ef281d50748466488c98d4c18

SHA-1:
27602b247ac1806ab362b735366c75bd5820a59c

SHA-256:
2f3a274ea305f7b5b9b8519293b0d79b551622cd9f5527e641a53cbd37300d12

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:
5/10/2024 4:36:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.WebSparkle (M)
16.2.13.9

File size:
105.8 KB (108,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\websparkle\bin\websparkle.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebSparkle

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/14/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WebSparkle, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WebSparkle, L=San Diego, 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:
36202DE0CBDFE10F57978E3766DB2ED4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2015 12:53:54 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Okia8A7QPno105F3emHt7bu26Gf3p/ekGVn8Bxb3+iWpq:Okia85W05FLN7yDOVxxb3+iW8

Entry address:
0x4BD5

Entry point:
E8, D5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 03, 06, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 51, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 54, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 9A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 38, 75, 41, 00, 01, BF, 2C, 75, 41, 00, BE, 5C, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 38, 75, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 64, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 7E, 1E, 41, 00, 89, 35, 2C...
 
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Entropy:
6.4015

Code size:
68 KB (69,632 bytes)

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