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holdpagebho.dll

Hold Page

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module holdpagebho.dll by Hold Page has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Hold Page 1.0.0.4’. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.holdingmypage.com.
Publisher:
Hold Page  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hold Page

Version:
1.0.0.4

MD5:
c7f27dd7b1e37132a21cef3575d6053f

SHA-1:
2aaf371bf66c9a2a96f232c4f87d9c663a6789f1

SHA-256:
8d38c90b0bae190266d2aa56301fed7e97874a15eee18c7da685a7f413af6b87

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:19:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
798

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.189.104

AVG
BrowseFox.F
2015.0.3276

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141129

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
1.0.20.1665

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-7675
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM
20223

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.215
9.0.1.0333

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent
8.14.11.29.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10798

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
11/29/2014

F-Prot
W32/BadBHO.AW.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
11.2014-29-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.186.14174

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2874

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HoldPage.A
v2014.11.29.05

McAfee
Artemis!CD96DF17AA75
5600.6932

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
15.0.0.999

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfogbn
0.28.6.63726

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249624.B
14.08.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.11.29.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.HoldPage.L
14.12.1.0

Sophos
BrowseSmart
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10209

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0807
7.2.333

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
32026

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.9402
2.0.0.1850

File size:
244.2 KB (250,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.4

Copyright:
(c) Hold Page. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\holdpagebho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Hold Page

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/2/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/3/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Hold Page, O=Hold Page, 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:
5097461A9471FDD2B020491B464CDCD9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/28/2014 3:35:44 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:OUhotD3VNoza350yklvTXSNuTTci+oIaIh1Xgwx0:O1D3VNP3ay+/IDQwx0

Entry address:
0x12854

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 80, 30, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 04, 78, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 0C, A5, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Hold Page 1.0.0.4

CLSID:
{6c14185e-4de6-4a79-985b-19f23fd1e638}


The file holdpagebho.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.holdingmypage.com/bed?bet=3

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