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{a081059f-4e06-4f49-9a1e-4b92e171ba25}gw.sys

Faster Light

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file {a081059f-4e06-4f49-9a1e-4b92e171ba25}gw.sys by Faster Light 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 Windows kernel mode device driver named “{a081059f-4e06-4f49-9a1e-4b92e171ba25}Gw”.
Publisher:
StdLib  (signed by Faster Light)

Product:
StdLib

Version:
1.4.4.6 built by: WinDDK

MD5:
6fe62afdc17135a247c697174541479a

SHA-1:
4c9052de2021f993b3d5d73ccc43f11be40d659b

SHA-256:
ba222b0a56d859235bfc40f96c0ba34cfc648b4d5c3841363678913cdccf5a06

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:
12/24/2024 12:01:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.10.1

File size:
42.1 KB (43,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.4.6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 StdLib

Original file name:
StdLib.sys

File type:
Driver (Win32 SYS)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\{a081059f-4e06-4f49-9a1e-4b92e171ba25}gw.sys

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Faster Light

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Faster Light, O=Faster Light, 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:
697399BCAA43E2F4228493C765EB81CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2015 9:31:09 PM

OS version:
6.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Native (none required)

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xA03E

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, E8, BD, FF, FF, FF, 5D, E9, 20, 70, FF, FF, CC, CC, 94, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, CE, A4, 00, 00, E0, 80, 00, 00, B4, A0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 24, A5, 00, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, EC, A0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, A4, A9, 00, 00, 38, 80, 00, 00, C4, A0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 9C, AA, 00, 00, 10, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FC, A4, 00, 00, 10, A5, 00, 00, E8, A4...
 
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Entropy:
6.6131

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

Driver
Display name:
{a081059f-4e06-4f49-9a1e-4b92e171ba25}Gw

Type:
Kernel device driver (KernelDriver)

Group:
PNP_TDI


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