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Catered to You

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

Version:
1.0.5745.21091

MD5:
25c71bf13f4008e04fbfa0bb3f852315

SHA-1:
f863dc33f64280f0cc926c5efcf0bc41583ba7bf

SHA-256:
142673b886508ef529d241377abc4680ffa9b3eac3d8060fe7a416786cd6942f

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:
11/2/2024 11:31:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.CateredtoYou (M)
15.9.24.20

File size:
963.7 KB (986,856 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5745.21091

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\a95f8535-bd08-4370-a6e0-814924c0d5f0\plugins\7\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Catered to You

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Catered to You, O=Catered to You, 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:
0A98A7D8A0920CE49865E0EA32FFDDCF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2015 2:43:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:fct3hFfRWFVmyn59A8568V+RM/M7GZcX0kp:+x9RWFVmpM7Zs0Q

Entry address:
0x67F0E

Entry point:
E8, B2, 8E, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 00, 9C, 4E, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 37, 4E, 00, 01, 0F, 82, E9, 8F, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.5839

Code size:
787.5 KB (806,400 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-29-106-129.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.29.106.129:80)

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