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groovedockun.exe

GrooveDock

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application groovedockun.exe by GrooveDock has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program GrooveDock by GrooveDock.
Publisher:
GrooveDock  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
dbaf45da54f0a9ed0ab6f2fee894dcbd

SHA-1:
f7583c0bc57575a47953591431f688d37f315427

SHA-256:
a5ce0c354c956900683198d3cd257e3ded8e9bd02831fcc979462212bdaeb1c5

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:
11/23/2024 10:09:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.4.19

File size:
530.8 KB (543,520 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
GrooveDock Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\groovedock\groovedockun.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GrooveDock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/2/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GrooveDock, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
0C7421B6412CA84DD678EF8B3B2645BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/2/2014 3:40:33 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x82B1A

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:
515 KB (527,360 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
GrooveDock

Display publisher:
GrooveDock

Display version:
2014.05.14.020801

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\GrooveDock\GrooveDockUn.exe REP_


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