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podowebuninstall.exe

PodoWeb

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application podowebuninstall.exe by PodoWeb 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 file is typically installed with the program PodoWeb by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
PodoWeb  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0f45a4c9f79c276b9672b7ccc7c114bd

SHA-1:
07ff62688989ab1e97ab359666cc8782cd6057c6

SHA-256:
28beea752519db060bf209fdac2957bb5753da2fe11790218630ede35e9e452c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 9:53:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.12.20

File size:
253.5 KB (259,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\podoweb\podowebuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PodoWeb

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/9/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 2:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=PodoWeb, O=PodoWeb, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0A93446D6247875E905539F949588C94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:52:01 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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Entropy:
7.8651

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file podowebuninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PodoWeb  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
PodoWeb is an adware program that runs within the user's web browser and will modify various browser settings such as changing the search provider.
podoweb.net/support
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