maintain.dat

Desktop.Maintain

Web Cake

This file is part of the Web Cake web browser extension, an adware plugin for various web browsers designed to deliver context based advertising injected directly in the web pages a user is viewing as well opens advertisements that appear independently outside the context of the program, website, or other source the advertisements are promoting. The file maintain.dat by Web Cake has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is part of the Yontoo web-extension that injects advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Microsoft  (signed by Web Cake)

Product:
Desktop.Maintain

Version:
1.0.0.17

MD5:
1cf516fc06bf8d0dd41219369cafc1b8

SHA-1:
0550e48bf83daf38ccd1894089501f9844dee48d

SHA-256:
e99f52e7c6fa235640bf25e3c7471331e0c53d78f2e3d1862bbc97fcf742bea9

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:
12/23/2024 4:53:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.10.15.5

File size:
250.3 KB (256,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.17

Copyright:
Copyright © Microsoft 2013

Original file name:
Desktop.Maintain.dll

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\betcat\dat\maintain.dat

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/8/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/9/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Cake, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Web Cake, L=Carlsbad, 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:
06B9035EE5A556582D9427CC2C8DD0BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2013 7:49:00 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:URc1FItqeB6k9nICJt3Fk7uJDtwF3aoIIe3XyLgtOXvK:zPeMk9nIs1Fzq32/tOfK

Entry address:
0x3E666

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:
242 KB (247,808 bytes)

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