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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 self-extracting archive and installer 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:
312bd1303d054d19584a6861867b73f2

SHA-1:
679f67029384e0a7cc5495440c271f888c854650

SHA-256:
c77d940b0157e5187396971b6b776f217b08d4775e95956058668d9761fb438f

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:
11/23/2024 4:36:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.middlepa.Installer (M)
16.6.19.14

File size:
538.7 KB (551,664 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:
12/7/2014 9:26:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LPzDqjn394G5UyyLAC190eDu5fA0ep0hvvfaZ:QBgY2p0hnSZ

Entry address:
0x84B36

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

Code size:
523 KB (535,552 bytes)

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

http://install.holdingmypage.com/ud

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