holdpageuninstaller.exe

Forever Net

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 Forever Net 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:
Forever Net  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
2b2b82daa826a2dfe089d9a3a93ca16a

SHA-1:
ea05d8941bd03e47c1c2f497769b2115b866996b

SHA-256:
242a1aa1c5a909e901bac19faf83f0824db041b9be9bd859ebacc022dbcbe350

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 5:04:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.ForeverN.Installer (M)
16.6.30.21

File size:
546.2 KB (559,344 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
Hold Page Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/6/2015 11:59:59 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:
3/18/2015 3:34:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:WPzDmj8M/yKBWIN3wWLh3Ag+pNhNvCeeA5:Q4Bv58pNhtbeA5

Entry address:
0x869E8

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

Code size:
530.5 KB (543,232 bytes)

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

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