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holdpageuninstaller.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 holdpageuninstaller.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. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.holdingmypage.com.
Publisher:
middle pages  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
4dfbfa9822ebdf4905ea928818d2aebd

SHA-1:
1040bfbaf8cc7fcbd75849b7e7bf54f8a5bc4511

SHA-256:
afc5b25526e80789d99e05009ad96cb25b09fcde7a51cb99d0fc3dd8780cdaf0

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:
11/27/2024 9:54:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.middlepa.Installer (M)
16.4.30.9

File size:
540.2 KB (553,200 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
Hold Page Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\holdpageuninstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
middle pages

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2015 1:59:59 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:
12/15/2014 3:27:14 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0PzDqjRfPyssJPF7UAl190W2/pdpPIx1pgh+vJH:PfSjQ/7KpghAJH

Entry address:
0x85022

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
524.5 KB (537,088 bytes)

The file holdpageuninstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install.holdingmypage.com/ud

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