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updateviewplay.exe

ViewPlay

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

Version:
1.0.5301.35940

MD5:
4e00c347e17917c32eae36fe4b4fa82a

SHA-1:
2b49df2c95743f767ab4cf81c525c4a3bf82ce6b

SHA-256:
26d6645906e2c1f4f2b98d16c2a750111270819434473ffc2e54a1b191ed51d2

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 12:44:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.11.2

File size:
311.3 KB (318,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5301.35940

Original file name:
ViewPlay.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\viewplay\updateviewplay.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ViewPlay

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ViewPlay, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=ViewPlay, 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:
0F9F45EC13C318E3C0F42DA156EA0A92

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/7/2014 3:58:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x4D8CE

Entry point:
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[+]

Entropy:
6.0838

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

Code size:
302.5 KB (309,760 bytes)

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