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pathmaxxuninstall.exe

PathMaxx

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application pathmaxxuninstall.exe by PathMaxx has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program PathMaxx by PathMaxx.
Publisher:
PathMaxx  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ac13817d9da9a5efa4a9f3f9429a9a14

SHA-1:
a28dbaf6408fe25b92563cf6ba51a2b28e913d5a

SHA-256:
462c355eedf7bab6cf1bb9e7ab445dd123ddee4f1cb52b7af7f2f9670640aed0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is the installer/uninstaller for the Yontoo branded (pathmaxx) adware program. The main protgram is desigend to deliver advertisements to the user's web browser through injection.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 4:50:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.9.13

File size:
254.9 KB (260,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pathmaxx\pathmaxxuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PathMaxx

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/5/2015 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2016 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PathMaxx, O=PathMaxx, 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:
3CAC0125EB44E6C176167E51DA703CCA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 8:52:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PathMaxx

Display publisher:
PathMaxx

Display version:
2015.03.29.210438

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\PathMaxx\PathMaxxuninstall.exe


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