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IEClearCache.exe

IEClearCache

Irrational Number Applications

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application IEClearCache.exe by Irrational Number Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Microsoft  (signed by Irrational Number Applications)

Product:
IEClearCache

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
159453b18bfc8b56e275bcb32b689797

SHA-1:
8ebecdd27fbdec420c6d19b8590237b3a3f4aceb

SHA-256:
e1e843ed44178fe88aae17dcb09648313a48efc576c900db6883259b99b84b8d

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:
1/11/2025 9:22:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.15.7

File size:
29 KB (29,688 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Microsoft 2014

Original file name:
IEClearCache.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\hosfbcj\ieclearcache.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Irrational Number Applications

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/19/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Irrational Number Applications, O=Irrational Number Applications, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
637F0A74512CF65B05B3A5A0241D6624

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2015 10:43:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x718E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

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