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utilappbud.exe

App Bud

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

Version:
1.0.5429.36647

MD5:
f6956cfa248e100b592c24ce40a2495b

SHA-1:
63cf1dee8eb298dcad7e1df481e30be59773f058

SHA-256:
fb9927ce90c567eb8c5998ae24d41255dde3e9c90fe37d625b69548afc9bd932

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 9:54:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.11.20

File size:
513.2 KB (525,552 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5429.36647

Original file name:
AppBud.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\app bud\bin\utilappbud.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
App Bud

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/29/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/30/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=App Bud, O=App Bud, L=Santa Monica, 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:
0A0CA50CF2224C71789EEF06C8E73F38

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/13/2014 9:51:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x8018E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
5.9298

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

Code size:
504.5 KB (516,608 bytes)

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