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updateclingclang.exe

Cling Clang

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

Version:
1.0.5612.40301

MD5:
04eb363be7a67d98531156c30ed23b0c

SHA-1:
ed286ab3fdb78fe5b6448ae9ab062662c2149cbc

SHA-256:
8605ac3e0e9e50a19e9b9e6a91d0fca2fcb3b423500b7fd79b8016014cce7e1d

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:
2/24/2025 10:22:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.1.3

File size:
632.7 KB (647,920 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5612.40301

Original file name:
ClingClang2015051506.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\cling clang\updateclingclang.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cling Clang

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/31/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cling Clang, O=Cling Clang, 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:
57FE01D1152E0C53CF4E777B39A50E10

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/15/2015 8:23:31 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x9DE46

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

Code size:
624 KB (638,976 bytes)

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