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fasterlightuninstaller.exe

Faster Light

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application fasterlightuninstaller.exe by Faster Light has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.fasterlight.info.
Publisher:
Faster Light  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
1675da2f1e5536304c9a39330acc4cc6

SHA-1:
64f703468e8c54bffa5f4bf9ca5668b6439f4a9a

SHA-256:
8dfa58b1fc6499579c58a0d29d2fb7eacc81a367c67394189b6b9ba4475f6f3d

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:
11/26/2024 11:06:35 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.9.1

File size:
539.2 KB (552,184 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
Faster Light Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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:
12/15/2014 3:29:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x84C64

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
523.5 KB (536,064 bytes)

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

http://install.fasterlight.info/ud

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