appenableuninstaller.exe

AppEnable

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application appenableuninstaller.exe by AppEnable has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.appenable.info.
Publisher:
AppEnable  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
ac244ad7bd75e32bf2f598838af88f75

SHA-1:
c78f3f1515ecc8c11cb81f7246e5d0e3d427dd26

SHA-256:
dca1198a1bbf9e3b83d940d7b2ad76ef1659612058f1f192ca3e574e48ad5bbc

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:
12/26/2024 5:19:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.7.21.20

File size:
536.7 KB (549,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
AppEnable Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\appenableuninstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/2/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/3/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AppEnable, O=AppEnable, 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:
6860DA46B7B1033AEAA52297BEEE857A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/9/2014 3:28:25 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:aPzDqjsP+1I5lW9lAl1907kHdj4z4qY/pghXvDhA:UlefAUzmpghf9A

Entry address:
0x842D8

Entry point:
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[+]

Entropy:
6.1121

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
521 KB (533,504 bytes)

The file appenableuninstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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