holdpageuninstall.exe

middle pages

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application holdpageuninstall.exe by middle pages has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Hold Page by Hold Page.
Publisher:
middle pages  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bb233247b31641cc0981b4a04f49802c

SHA-1:
610433b18e3b83040524223082ac6f3fa633f946

SHA-256:
f040b4082b80e680e966eef2c865390dc20a67682a6c604ced4f2598f7119c96

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 11:29:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.22.11

File size:
252.9 KB (259,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hold page\holdpageuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=middle pages, O=middle pages, 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:
01FD540333A96486522A2EDFD3C2E0B3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 7:52:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8681

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Hold Page

Display publisher:
Hold Page

Display version:
2014.12.30.082301

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Hold Page\HoldPageuninstall.exe


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