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kingthink

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file maintainer.bak 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:
1.0.5409.33286

MD5:
4edeaaa5da88076138d24344c7e7d6d1

SHA-1:
8cbf903eee4091035ea16a02d3117259519b1918

SHA-256:
e1fe953eee14a924f73ee690256b75e7f803c97e9011dfe35c3b92889e3b5b4e

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:
11/27/2024 2:13:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.13

File size:
120.7 KB (123,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5409.33286

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\466f7fca-ae1b-4970-98e2-940afaa0e712\maintainer.bak

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:
10/23/2014 11:30:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x8A72

Entry point:
E8, 95, 57, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 68, B2, 41, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 79, 45, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 7A, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

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