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SteelCut2015080908.exe

Steel Cut

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file SteelCut2015080908.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:
1.0.5699.169

MD5:
1a350cb8fa6bc6aa515ad187085ab889

SHA-1:
f40d3437be9bd2d1b4af717eaedf2fed19b938d0

SHA-256:
bceb2dccfb241d5a84db70fbc01367eddae49b9a3e8f4617ddaf46b4be69ccb4

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 5:34:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.2

File size:
639.2 KB (654,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5699.169

Original file name:
SteelCut2015080908.exe

Common path:
C:\Program Files\steel cut\bin\tmpbff1.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Steel Cut

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2016 5:59:59 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:
8/9/2015 3:05:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x9F95A

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:
6.1630

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

Code size:
630.5 KB (645,632 bytes)

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