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utiladanak.exe

Adanak

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utiladanak.exe by Adanak has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Adanak”. This file is typically installed with the program Adanak by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

utiladanak.exe

Publisher:

Adanak (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5301.40371

MD5:

9eaff37568c3689ae976260242b72c34

SHA-1:

def856dfe3801635771178f6f62d968dcc5a9b0a

SHA-256:

c92a4933d38dbe8dcd404f584e315c0342d6f464681bdb3d8ae8ea0e3ab6a041

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:

4/27/2024 3:06:21 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Service.Adanak.K

14.7.17.10

File size:

311.3 KB (318,744 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5301.40371

Original file name:

Adanak.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\adanak\bin\utiladanak.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Adanak

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/21/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/22/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Adanak, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Adanak, 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:

54EAA4FDDD0AEB1183ED278A995C36F7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/7/2014 3:26:00 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:NnPBn8ECKDqPjVkqNqBwxlHOqQw8CZ+Ybeub4Zz:NnPBRCFPjZtWwRZitZz

Entry address:

0x4D8B2

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.0875

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

302.5 KB (309,760 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Update Adanak

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

The file utiladanak.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Adanak by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

Adanak is an advertising supported (adware) extension that runs in the context of the user's web browser as well as a process in the background.

adanak.net/support

83% remove it

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