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appbud.mg.exe

App Bud

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application appbud.mg.exe by App Bud has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
App Bud  (signed and verified)

MD5:
423a7245b1a54889fb6ec12c51837b54

SHA-1:
1d8dc8f2c30fc8135b91ea8eaf87a090715c823e

SHA-256:
95389b70bc6f9bb7310bf2a57cddae04ee3a63eb73557d21dfdc3808369d7f53

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
11/23/2024 12:35:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Browsefox
4.0.3.14822

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of adanak.mg.exe (Adware)
2014.10.22.19

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppBud.I
14.8.12.15

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0729
7.2.234

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
31762

File size:
241.3 KB (247,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\appbud.mg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App Bud

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/9/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=App Bud, O=App Bud, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
07591B091A65F99B8121AB657546815A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2014 9:11:50 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:b7bXxjZH8CaruDJkPxysERVzp+u/ETG9KdKSTL:XbBCChdEEfzpp8PESTL

Entry address:
0x19FC4

Entry point:
E8, A8, 82, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 90, F4, 42, 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, C8, F0, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.5106

Code size:
183.5 KB (187,904 bytes)

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