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updater.exe

Golden Dock

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application updater.exe by Golden Dock 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 ResultsHub”.
Publisher:
Golden Dock  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5733.13919

MD5:
a13e6f4aa6d0137b2bffadc5ee8d98f5

SHA-1:
ac011e492340bc04bd4a60dc1d9cb05e1ced6e7b

SHA-256:
2591dc932ab736486baf5c90ed7a25e3369630b73cd89d59ce24f025006e227c

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:
12/26/2024 6:16:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.GoldenDock (M)
15.9.12.19

File size:
698.2 KB (714,976 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5733.13919

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\3929cb63-cbbd-4b9c-8b92-a50fbd04e656\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Golden Dock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=Golden Dock, O=Golden Dock, 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:
0B58D134BC7841B7C3E6D5FE14474DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/12/2015 10:44:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PrTx7P/u9NBTRQkhZmnZBt2oA2BeMiNL5rt+EpZlf7qBVW4QzlK8r3vzWCh:P1CNBikhZmnvIocM6trRpZLK8r3vz7h

Entry address:
0x3312B

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, 80, 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, 58, 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:
6.4090

Code size:
407.5 KB (417,280 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Mgr ResultsHub

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a184-29-106-107.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (184.29.106.107:80)

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