groovedock.browseradapter64.exe

GrooveDock

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application groovedock.browseradapter64.exe by GrooveDock has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
GrooveDock  (signed and verified)

MD5:
56e853c4b92276dd75e2c648e9ced48d

SHA-1:
1f02a400abaad681dbf95da25ba3ec31e10d81d6

SHA-256:
99ef128169f391b61d605f4b6400563c38d1cd13dd651082728f2515db4f0ddc

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:
11/30/2024 8:32:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.15

File size:
120.2 KB (123,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\groovedock\bin\groovedock.browseradapter64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/22/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GrooveDock, O=GrooveDock, 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:
33A458C673EDB87805212B76414C413D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/14/2015 3:59:54 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4CBC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 52, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, E9, EB, 05, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, 99, 53, 01, 00, 75, 11, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 02, F3, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, 2D, 27, 00, 00, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 40, 48, 8B, D9, EB, 0F, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 6D, 28, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 13, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 95, 07, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 74, E7, 48, 83, C4, 40, 5B, C3, 8B, 05...
 
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Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

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