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appmgr.exe

StormVade

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application appmgr.exe by StormVade 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 “Application Manager 8.88.139205”.
Publisher:
StormVade  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5623.11537

MD5:
b14682d67848673dfd71bf3f6231dea0

SHA-1:
19fef765a69d9deae8bee5a59082875ffaa28855

SHA-256:
9f71e7c4532ad9151e77c53ca62e5c4a66bcc3d239d5d09a0351053ab06af2f3

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:
11/6/2024 2:05:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.20

File size:
471.7 KB (483,056 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5623.11537

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\appmgr8.88.139205\appmgr.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
StormVade

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/10/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=StormVade, O=StormVade, 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:
2BD76667A1FCF61098D03A68B6C2CECA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/25/2015 2:24:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1FA40

Entry point:
E8, D1, EC, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 50, 87, 46, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 30, 3B, 46, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 06, EE, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03...
 
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Entropy:
6.1023

Code size:
313 KB (320,512 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Application Manager 8.88.139205

Service name:
AppMgr8.88.139205

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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