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kingthink.GCUpdate.dll

kingthink

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo kingthink branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module kingthink.GCUpdate.dll by kingthink has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
kingthink  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5429.40605

MD5:
86d00f610c2d0cdbdc7407b6ba6a2269

SHA-1:
742aa9c6f30fa0190b8b28a0fa7f5b15d544b235

SHA-256:
6c6da9ee67a0d4b03d496f3dab5d19e921928adab41a64947560f1f10ecc5f48

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:00:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.8.23

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,880 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5429.40605

Original file name:
kingthink.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\kingthink\bin\plugins\kingthink.gcupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
kingthink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=kingthink, O=kingthink, L=Santa Monica, 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:
460C442B73452ACE582F3F3040EFEB0B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/13/2014 4:33:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x19265A

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,640,448 bytes)

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