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Steel Cut

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugin.exe by Steel Cut has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Steel Cut  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5822.35141

MD5:
c806d582bfc95f151065e6eea12af948

SHA-1:
6e5d57e9b7ff8cf21bf14b14cdc118767e66a230

SHA-256:
0be704d4f0c8668deb2183720f3e898a9080d2cba24a78d94e6240af08ac941d

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:
12/24/2024 5:29:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.19

File size:
302.2 KB (309,488 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5822.35141

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\appmgr1.26.3056825\1\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Steel Cut

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Steel Cut, O=Steel Cut, 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:
0ABB826DEFFE019B3B61D91322DE992A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2015 10:31:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0xF7E6

Entry point:
E8, A6, 75, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 0C, A1, 20, 3D, 44, 00, 8B, 4D, 08, 23, 4D, 0C, F7, D2, 23, D0, 0B, D1, 89, 15, 20, 3D, 44, 00, 5D, C3, E8, FF, 76, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, 1D, 77, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, 20, 3D, 44, 00, 02, 74, 21, 6A, 17, E8, 74, 2A, 02, 00, 85, C0, 74, 05, 6A, 07, 59, CD, 29, 6A, 01, 68, 15, 00, 00, 40, 6A, 03, E8, 14, 2F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 6A, 03, E8, 23, 28, 00, 00, CC, A1, 98, 93, 44, 00, 56, 6A, 14, 5E, 85, C0, 75, 07, B8, 00, 02, 00, 00, EB, 06...
 
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Code size:
204.5 KB (209,408 bytes)

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