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cantataweb.boashelper.exe

Cantataweb

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application cantataweb.boashelper.exe by Cantataweb has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Cantataweb  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7bed60f26ba029566f0ffb8702301880

SHA-1:
7bc810152fd75b16181b94bd51090b028adeabf0

SHA-256:
9f8a6b5ac2a1d5ca3c4c5429d4b7f88068c6a26d9f1b6d6c4be50c9447670d3a

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:
12/25/2024 2:04:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.14.22

File size:
1.6 MB (1,649,952 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\cantataweb\bin\cantataweb.boashelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cantataweb

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/8/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 9:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Cantataweb, O=Cantataweb, 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:
013BE12950E38B1ABDBF9C4FCB5C264F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/5/2014 5:37:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xF6B5B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 84, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 94, E1, 56, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F8, 77, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 42, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 81, 28, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 94, E1, 56, 00, FF, 15, 2C, F2, 51, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, E0, E9, 56, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 0F, 85, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 47, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 89...
 
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Code size:
1.1 MB (1,171,456 bytes)

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