holdpage.browseradapter.exe

Forever Net

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

MD5:
7edc0542a6983a7a798afe61f74348bc

SHA-1:
1c89557afa2c062e161baea37acd802337117651

SHA-256:
a189451751dfafb50ce494f0dd717ed716335d6478f37fd8c8b208345719ff7c

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:
12/24/2024 12:14:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.19

File size:
105.7 KB (108,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\bin\holdpage.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/7/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Forever Net, O=Forever Net, 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:
7B5ED55ED16E6F18734703E8E9B4C456

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2015 6:30:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4BD5

Entry point:
E8, D5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 03, 06, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 51, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 54, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 9A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 38, 75, 41, 00, 01, BF, 2C, 75, 41, 00, BE, 5C, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 38, 75, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 64, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 7E, 1E, 41, 00, 89, 35, 2C...
 
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Code size:
68 KB (69,632 bytes)

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