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updater.exe

Assist Point

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updater.exe by Assist Point has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Mgr AssistPoint”. 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:
Assist Point  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5578.2925

MD5:
acb8abd1eb4403d0f67908ebf8f7c133

SHA-1:
9be63ca5738bbb8c29ad426681bedaf1b351c350

SHA-256:
4e2c8def191bb867828da1311dee765ddc8cf1851ff7b900dfd7ab2be12f6601

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 8:13:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.CQ
572

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3144

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15410

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.CQ
8.15.07.13.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AM potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11453

F-Prot
W32/S-c8a99981
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of updater.bak (Adware)
2015.7.13.2

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15859

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DigitalMore
v2015.07.13.02

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FXL
5600.6800

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.CQ
16.0.0.582

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.CQ
15.05.08.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.10.11

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.AssistPoint
15.4.10.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39676

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.70479
2.0.0.2173

File size:
547.2 KB (560,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5578.2925

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\c716fd70-872c-4aaa-a07f-e248365d7f56\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Assist Point

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/6/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/5/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Assist Point, O=Assist Point, 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:
58FC58A52C291B337067DC6AA50B8FB3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2015 9:37:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZxfcmLuRPJMVWb/CzzK6OB952FoqyPoLFmrdfCdEDIJu2BDgrabr+EokvdjMkhY9:Z1cmLePJMVWjCzzK6OB95INyPoLFmr0o

Entry address:
0x1F142

Entry point:
E8, 44, ED, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, C0, 30, 48, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 94, 08, 48, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 7F, EE, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9...
 
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Entropy:
6.5346

Code size:
411.5 KB (421,376 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Mgr AssistPoint

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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