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Magical Find

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updater.exe by Magical Find has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update Mgr MagicalFind”.
Publisher:
Magical Find  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5733.13924

MD5:
47bc0b733d4a675c803a4fe9db0e63bb

SHA-1:
30f0cc64166998f17a257de8478ca34bcc6eda93

SHA-256:
57c4376aebc9c4d29eda4372d8a7e8a5bcb0b1afbb28bcb38af6de3c93ef93f6

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:
11/23/2024 11:11:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.MagicalFind (M)
15.9.12.19

File size:
697.7 KB (714,464 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5733.13924

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\1c1e4ef3-a4fe-42a4-a546-08f69e47d2d1\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Magical Find

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/18/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Magical Find, O=Magical Find, 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:
66184C2A9AC2C77119C7E41AD600B84C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/12/2015 10:44:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:TXQzx9M7zaloq6zlA782S2HLA/WNt3yqktPT5ZP+wzuTOb9W4yQDhzRdK8FCR6:TA9zloPzlA7BS20/2ZdKT5ZWCocK8FCo

Entry address:
0x330DB

Entry point:
E8, 9B, EB, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 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, C0, 70, 4A, 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, 94, 48, 4A, 00, 01, 0F, 82, CF, EC, 00, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.3963

Code size:
407.5 KB (417,280 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Mgr MagicalFind

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-29-106-130.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.29.106.130:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-29-106-123.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.29.106.123:80)

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