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utilcaramava.exe

Caramava

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

Version:
1.0.5464.16871

MD5:
9f6114dde5012dd7804e6ed363f850d1

SHA-1:
c2f24b376fe44463dce5e61bef0d5654a82794ff

SHA-256:
338a6af9da0a321f1eb1a25339d315a988af0fdce7d58ee36b09b381c3f3857c

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 12:15:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.1.13.16

File size:
506.8 KB (518,944 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5464.16871

Original file name:
Caramava2014121717.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\caramava\bin\utilcaramava.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Caramava

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/4/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Caramava, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Caramava, 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:
00E90CD7C8459392168639C13BC804AE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2014 5:22:30 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7E7C2

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9159

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

Code size:
498 KB (509,952 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update Caramava

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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