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webconnect.expext.exe

Web Layers

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application webconnect.expext.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:
1.0.6242.39491

MD5:
eb50459f0edd0131e9d4c710d734cdc9

SHA-1:
d3c8a25048e444d6f264bfc34b030d19bdd2600d

SHA-256:
b1d9c5341fe410e95046d4a7095c43b3091f1072c489e2105c0f6c5b248af89c

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:
5/19/2024 2:21:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.16

File size:
111.8 KB (114,464 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6242.39491

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webconnect\bin\webconnect.expext.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Layers

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/30/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
6/16/2015 5:30:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x71E7

Entry point:
E8, BE, 47, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, 43, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, A4, 40, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, B8, EF, C4, 40, 00, A3, D0, 9A, 41, 00, C7, 05, D4, 9A, 41, 00, E5, BB, 40, 00, C7, 05, D8, 9A, 41, 00, 99, BB, 40, 00, C7, 05, DC, 9A, 41, 00, D2, BB, 40, 00, C7, 05...
 
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Code size:
73.5 KB (75,264 bytes)

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