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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:
ea367757b52a47fb4c834e659267b1ac

SHA-1:
928d7183351ab5ea9469739144d5fc641d3f0e35

SHA-256:
bd8c7dfea7aa358c6ffeda529e25f13b9d3a68e6333c8279e7d91947801961b1

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 12:24:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.11.8

File size:
103.2 KB (105,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Forever Net

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/5/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/6/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:
4/5/2015 1:24:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4535

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, BF, EC, 74, 41, 00, BE, 24, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 2C, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 0E, 17, 41, 00, 89, 35, EC...
 
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Entropy:
6.3881

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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