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melondrea.gcupdate.dll

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

Version:
1.0.5446.16872

MD5:
6fd9097d0b025d0253f024d346c5c3a9

SHA-1:
20f28127aeb7ff541a6669ba32fd0c2d5c018bf7

SHA-256:
f048c0e4a82a420aedbf266f2cfe0394a8802d49257ccf91de0b42dd55caed5b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/8/2025 5:21:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.5

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

Product version:
1.0.5446.16872

Original file name:
melondrea.GCUpdate2014112917.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
melondrea

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/4/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/4/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=melondrea, O=melondrea, 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:
231D7D8EBDF7B46C4824D8213841DD70

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/30/2014 12:22:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x19265A

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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Entropy:
7.3223

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

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

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